A12 Closures and Traffic Delays. Today’s Accidents and Roadworks.

21 thoughts on “A12 Closures and Traffic Delays. Today’s Accidents and Roadworks.”

1. roger green

   26th August 2024 at 7:09 am

   The stupidity and total lack of common sense is Moronic!
   To close down the A12 on bank holiday weekend is the adoration
   of a very thick unintelligent individual ( Always an individual)
   In my opinion this person could not run a p-up -in-a-brewery
   What chance do us poor mortals have with idiots like these people in charge

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2. manos

   3rd November 2022 at 5:58 pm

   Please, please, please.
   Don’t let cars going A12 southbound after J27 to be in 3 lanes and then after a few yards back in 2.
   Put the cones as cars are approaching J27and NOT AFTER the junction where there are 3 lanes for another 2 junctions.
   During your “invisible roadworks” (as usual) keep the whole stretch of the A12 between J27 and J25 as 2 lanes. Believe me, hat makes all the difference.
   Unless, of course, there is a policy to make endless queues, wherever you can, so motorists have to spent much more fuel, in order to help the poor oil companies…..

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   1. Mike Bush

      23rd September 2023 at 9:18 pm

      Absolutely no planning at all.
      Travelling from London to Frinton on the night of 22/9/23. Road closed at Marks Tey, diversion through Stanway and Colchester…….so they decide to dig up the road in the middle of the diversion as well….total lack of communication between local authorities and contractors.
      Turned into a 2.5 hr journey !!!!!.

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3. David Bunn

   31st August 2022 at 1:02 pm

   Absolute farce. Southbound last night 30/08. Diversion signs on the route from the start of the closures almost non existent and confusing bearing in mind the diversion is along narrow very bendy single carriageways. All made worse by the dimmed or turned off street lights on the return journey through Colchester.
   As an aside, what use is a smallish yellow warning sign before each overbridge that says ‘warning overhead structure’? If a driver cannot see a very large concrete bridge twenty yards in front of him/her they are not going to notice a small yellow sign are they?

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   1. Q

      2nd September 2022 at 7:48 pm

      I’m sure one night we were going around in circles. So went back to Ipswich and got back on the old routes!

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   2. A. Tinley

      10th October 2023 at 4:50 pm

      Instead of spending the now mandatory excessive millions on widening one road, why not use those millions to build another road to service this part of the East of England. That way there are no lane closures, no queues, no disruption to people’s work day. Tonight the A12 is closed from Colchester, the people stuck on it can’t even get off as surrounding roads are gridlocked. We’ll done decision makers, just another expensive mess the tax paying public have to put up with. Pity we don’t all have helicopters !!!

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4. Vic Wood

   29th June 2022 at 11:24 am

   My step daughter had to phone us as she was completely lost due to lack of diversion signs. On trying to get her home, we were guiding her, every time we sent her one way it resulted in not being able to get back onto A12. Reason for this no signs stating that entrances, to A12, were closed. Road tax is payed obviously for road improvements and safety. ARE SIGNS NOT FOR SAFETY? Put more up!

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5. Jan

   23rd October 2021 at 7:23 pm

   In addition to the other comments, closing the road BEFORE the publicised time is totally unacceptable. Why is it not being sorted?

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6. Brian baker

   8th August 2021 at 2:16 pm

   Can you see a live feed from gallows corner on sunday 8th august at 10.37 a black range rover hit a grey ford focus and didnt stop

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7. J. Addis

   10th December 2020 at 12:37 am

   I used to work in Civil Engineering and have never seen such poor relations between contractors and motorists. One example when there were signs at the A12 end of the A130 proclaiming the road closes at 20.00 . I got there at 19.55, the workman put his hand up and closed the road . When I told him the time he laughed. Maybe because I was in an expensive car and he needed his sad life cheering up. The chaos at Sadlers Farm for years continues, the Stanford Le Hope by pass is a disgrace and obviously badly planned . I wonder what the criteria used by Essex Council when employing contractors. I know some Clerks Of The Works who say they often have their heads in their hands at the incompetance of the ”favoured” contractors.

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8. Pamela Peacock

   27th November 2020 at 8:26 am

   I live in Wivenhoe, I am a Carer for my elderly frail Mother (age 91) who lives in Romford, she is regularly having falls so I often use the A12 to get over to her quickly – fat chance when this major trunk road is closed. It’s totally unacceptable to completely close sections of the A12, it is causing distress to myself and to my Mother who is already struggling to cope with the isolation of lockdown let alone not seeing her daughter. There must other people like myself who are caring for elderly relatives, my caring role is tiring enough without spending twice as much time travelling to and from my Mother’s due to roadworks.

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   1. J. Addis

      10th December 2020 at 12:42 am

      It is all about making contractor’s lives easier. So much less hassle for them to close a road off completely than lay cones or set out contraflows. Motorists don’t matter as long as money is being made. The less hassle the less staff to pay. Essex is about the worst for this abuse of responsibility

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   2. Brian Griffiths

      26th August 2021 at 8:42 am

      Perhaps whilst the roadworks are underway you could welcome your mum to stay with you!
      Its part of what is known as family!

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9. R.E.Raby

   19th November 2020 at 7:19 pm

   This was the same for me last Saturday got on the A12 on my way back to Clacton-on-Sea and had to make a detour at Chelmsford that sent me around all the Villages where I had to pickup The A120 to Colchester where it takes me in the past joining the A12 at Brook Street It takes me an Hour and half that Saturday it took me 3 Hours

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10. Francis Johnson

    20th October 2020 at 4:33 pm

    It is not normal to close all access to main and motorways as I have experienced in just the last few years alone. Yesterday I got there again to find by surprise that I couldn’t get onto the A12. A worker insulted me for stopping and asking for advice, but a Sat Nav will always take you back to the same place you keep getting sent away from. The road signs are a nuisance. I followed for about a mile and saw no more and was completely lost.
    The normal way to repair roads, for such busy roads, is to always leave a lane operating because no matter how frustrated motorists are, they know that they will get where they are going, and the Sat Nav will match it every step of the way.
    My fifteen minute drive home took over an hour of guessing dark country roads, which is why I had to but a new car six years ago. Come on fellas, think of your motorists or why else do we need the roadways?

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11. Richard Law

    30th August 2019 at 8:25 pm

    Last night the A12 closure was diabolical Bob Turner is wright the signs are very bad all you do is ride around in circles get this sorted I got lost last night
    and a man and his wife got me out of trouble this is a disgrace put 1 hour on my trip to Romford

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    1. Clare Treble

       30th January 2020 at 3:02 pm

       I had the same problem driving in circles for an hour!!!!!!! what is the correct route as I will have to complete this journey again over the next month, St Marks Tey to Dartford. Thank you

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12. Ann Dent

    28th June 2019 at 12:10 pm

    What time does the A12 open in the morning after the roadworks

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13. Bo b Turner

    26th June 2019 at 11:48 pm

    The diversion signage for the a12 closure are diabolical. Do not close the road again till you sort it. Following signs sends you up & down the A!2 on a continuous loop.The signs are too small are above the height of headlamps & do not include sensible information like :Southbound!!1 or Chelmsford. Sort it,

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    1. UK Traffic Delays

       27th June 2019 at 12:47 pm

       Thank you for your reply. We are not Highways England but I am sure they will be aware of your frustration.

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       1. Gordon H Comstock

          9th October 2019 at 10:16 am

          Haha good reply! I was led a merry dance last night by the A12 closure and it took me nearly two hours to get home instead of the usual 40. Still, at least I had a tour of ‘North Essex by Moonlight’ and discovered several pretty villages (well they looked pretty in the dark) which I had never heard of before. I’ve given up following the ‘diversion’ signs because, as your reader above points out, these just send you round on a wild goose chase.

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