Originally Posted by LHR Tim
BTW, what the heck was wrong with the M23 this morning. I was at the M25/M23 junction at 8:20 and it took a further half hour to get to LGW. Was there an accident or something??/
Road works just north of LGW North terminal have reduced a busy dual carriage way down to one lane so traffic tails back and eventually grid locks the area. Been on the traffic news most mornings for the last month. Tailbacks on the south bound M23 most common (I've seen it back a mile or so in lane 1 with the usual suspects pushing in late from lane 2 causing further problems).
Situation was made worse as the south terminal coach park was closed for a bit.
If possible use the LGW Express (first class one way gets you a fasttrack pass as well).