The UK's busiest motorway is being shut in both directions this weekend across a five-mile stretch. Here's what you need to know about how bad traffic could be, what the diversion route is and why it's happening.
Drivers are being warned of massive delays when the M25 shuts in both directions this weekend in an unprecedented move. The closure between junctions 10 and 11 in Surrey on the UK's busiest motorway could cause chaos. When exactly is it going to be shut, where are the diversion routes and why is it happening? Here's everything you need to know.
Mr Wade says how well the area copes with the closure will partly depend on whether drivers stick to official diversions - but urges people to avoid travelling altogether. 'Avoid the area totally if you can,' he told The Independent's daily travel podcast. 'Either avoid travelling completely or find something to do at home, decorate the bathroom or something, I don't know, or play in the garden. 'If you must go, travel by train, walk, use your bicycle.
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