{"id":5705,"date":"2018-12-21T13:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/travel-warning-as-millions-begin-christmas-getaway\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:28:52","slug":"travel-warning-as-millions-begin-christmas-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/travel-warning-as-millions-begin-christmas-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel warning as millions begin Christmas getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nearly three million road journeys are expected to be made on Friday as people begin their Christmas getaway, motoring organisations have warned.<\/p>\n

There will be “significant” congestion on major roads, with delays likely on the M25, M6 and M40, the RAC said.<\/p>\n

Delays of more than an hour and a half are expected on the M40.<\/p>\n

The RAC’s Matt Dallaway advised drivers to delay their journeys until after 18:00 GMT to miss the busiest time on major roads and motorways.<\/p>\n

“Plan your journey, everyone is a hurry to see their loved ones and friends and family, but please think about when you’re going to travel,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“Right now until about 18:00 tonight it’s going to be quite busy out there so if you can avoid that, do that – go later or early in the morning.”<\/p>\n

Highways England said there were long delays at junction 11A on the eastbound M20, which is the exit for the Channel tunnel, near Folkestone, Kent.<\/p>\n

The RAC is expecting delays on the southbound M40 between the M42 in Warwickshire and Junction 8A at Oxford.<\/p>\n

It says the number of leisure journeys will peak on Boxing Day, with 6.8 million trips.<\/p>\n