Man arrested after A12 petrol tanker crash near Witham
A MAN has been arrested following this morning's collision on between a car and a petrol tanker on the A12 near Hatfield Peverel. The 20-year-old man from Cockfosters, London, is being questioned by...
View ArticleArmy & Navy in Chelmsford and A12 to benefit from £350m...
MAJOR road improvements, a boost to the region's rail network, protection from future floods and a business park worth billions to the UK economy could all become a reality in Chelmsford if plans to...
View ArticleEssex travel: Friday March 28
Road: No incidents reported. 7.28am M25 clockwise slow moving traffic between junction 30 (A13) and the QE2 Bridge. 7.02am A12 southbound at junction 12 (A1023 Chelmsford Road to Mountnessing) slow...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL, March 31
A collision involving multiple cars has caused queuing traffic along the A127 Southend Arterial Road near Brentwood. 7.19am One lane is blocked and there is queuing traffic stretching back to the...
View ArticleEssex Travel: Tuesday, April 1
Morning everybody, and welcome to today's travel on April 1. 8.03am On Greater Anglia, there are delays of around five minutes to trains heading towards London due to speed restrictions in the...
View ArticleOvernight closures planned for A12 near Chelmsford
SAFETY improvement work will take place overnight on the A12 near Chelmsford for two days, starting tonight. Overnight work to repaint white lines and replace road studs between junction 15 Webbs Farm,...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL: Morning of 2/4/2014
Happy commuting fellow motorists and welcome to today's Essex Travel update, bringing you all the latest travel news from across Essex. To start with, the M11 southbound is experiencing some slow...
View ArticleAir pollution in Essex: Five things to keep handy if you are...
A perfect storm of Saharan sand and European emissions has brought high levels of air pollution, since dubbed the 'killer smog', to the county of Essex. Here are five things to help you cope over the...
View ArticleCOMMENT: How many emails does it take to get a pothole repaired?...
Resident Mick Jaeger believes defects on the county's roads are only getting worse, and that Essex County council must do more to address the issue. Three totally ignored emails from myself to Essex...
View ArticleEssex Traffic and Travel: Thursday, April 3
8.10am: There is queueing traffic on the M25 anticlockwise between J27 M11 and J25, A10 (Enfield) in the roadworks area. People are slowing to look at an accident on A12 London-bound between J26, A1124...
View ArticlePotholes, cracks and bumps: Where is the worst road in mid-Essex?
TALES of potholes damaging tyres, roads too uneven to cycle across and cracks the width of houses - these are all too familiar stories to residents in Essex. But which road deserves the title of the...
View ArticleEssex Travel (April 4)
ROADS are looking clear in the county this morning excluding a some slight traffic travelling anti-clockwise on the M25 at the Enfield roadworks. Those looking to jet off to sunnier climes are advised...
View ArticleMystery cameras spotted around Chelmsford
A NUMBER of mysterious cameras have popped up around Chelmsford city centre prompting concerns as to what they were recording. The small grey recording devices have been spotted hanging from road signs...
View ArticleOne dead after serious road crash on A12 near Chelmsford
ONE person has died after a crash on the A12 last night that left the northbound road near Chelmsford closed for around eight hours. Officers were called shortly before 11.30pm on Sunday April 6...
View ArticleChelmsford traffic woes: Could electric scooters be the solution?
A QUICKER, greener and more cost-effective solution to Chelmsford's traffic woes could arrive in the form of electric scooters, if one entrepreneur goes ahead with his plans to import the machines from...
View ArticleA12 crash: One dead and two injured after fatal collision near...
A man from London has died and two others seriously injured after a collision on the northbound A12 near Chelmsford in the early hours of this morning (April 6) Essex Police officers were called...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL, Tuesday April 8
THERE is a traffic light failure on Coppins Road in Clacton-On-Sea at the St Osyth Road junction that's causing heavy delays. The A12 is busy but moving London-bound between junction 13, at Ingatestone...
View ArticleA 6ft statue of an Olympic mascot, a rocking horse and a sailing...
MORE than 7,500 tonnes of litter is collected from areas in and around Essex roads each year, including a 6ft tall statue of an Olympic mascot, random furniture, a rocking horse and even a sailing...
View ArticleArmy & Navy flyover in Chelmsford closed due to police...
The Army & Navy flyover in Chelmsford is currently closed after emergency services rushed to the scene of a road traffic collision. UPDATE: As of 2.50pm The flyover is open Police were called to...
View ArticleMap: Where were the traffic cameras in Chelmsford?
Traffic cameras were placed in and around Chelmsford's busiest junctions as part of a project to monitor traffic flow. But their sudden arrival had many residents dumbfounded, with some viewing them...
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