Fuel fee protest - live: Drivers face ‘significant delays’ as roadblocks hit M4 and M5 motorways
Demonstrations calling for fuel responsibility cut are underway
Drivers are going through “big delays” on roads as vehicles block motorways in protest at high fuel prices.
Convoys are using purposefully slowly along the M4 and M5 in a call for gasoline duty to be slashed.
A bridge among England and Wales is one of the main roads being targeted within the pass-sluggish protest. Gwent Police stated it changed into experiencing delays in both guidelines alongside that extend of the M4.
Meanwhile, Devon and Cornwall Police said a slow-using convoy set off from Exeter offerings along the M5 on Monday morning, as well as any other along the A38.
Protesters are believed to be focused on in particular three-lane motorways and aiming to slow down lanes, at the same time as leaving the quick one unfastened.
Drivers have been warned to rethink their trips and remain at domestic if possible amid the protests, that are understood to be organised thru social media under the banner Fuel Price Stand Against Tax.
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‘Significant delays’ on Prince of Wales bridge
Protests underway on M4 and M5
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'People's every day lives must no longer be disrupted,' says authorities
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Protesters ‘going 11mph on M4'
Protesters are reportedly ignoring a police order to move no slower than 30mph on the M4.
A WalesOnline reporter, who is in a passenger seat, says the convoy is down to 11mph:
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 09:22
18 mins ago
A38 protest
Devon and Cornwall Police say there is another protest occurring alongside the A38, in addition to the M5:
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28 minutes ago
‘Significant delays’ on Prince of Wales bridge
Chief Superintendent Tom Harding, of Gwent Police, said: “We are seeing huge delays each east and westbound on the Prince of Wales Bridge because of the deliberate protest.
“We are in search of to return traffic to normal as soon as viable.”
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 09:02
42 minutes in the past
Traffic ‘moving slowly’ on Prince of Wales bridge
Police say westbound traffic is “transferring slowly” at the Prince of Wales bridge amid the protest:
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:49
51 mins ago
Convoy drives across England-Wales bridge with police escort
Images show the pass-gradual convoy using throughout the Prince of Wales bridge at some stage in this morning’s rush hour.
It become escorted by police:
<p>The convoy has pushed across the Prince of Wales bridge</p>
The convoy has pushed across the Prince of Wales bridge
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<p>Drivers held a go-gradual protest at the M4 at some point of morning rush hour</p>
Drivers held a move-gradual protest on the M4 at some point of morning rush hour
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Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:39
1 hour in the past
‘It’s costing me £300 every week before I even get to paintings and earn some thing,’ protester says
Mobile welder Richard Dite, 44, from Maesteg, South Wales stated it's far costing him over £three hundred in fuel to get to work every week due to rate hikes.
“It’s costing me £300 per week earlier than I even get to work and earn something,” Mr Dite informed PA news company.
“My handiest choice soon could be to put the welding tools inside the shed and make contact with it an afternoon, maybe move on the doll. Face it at this charge I’ll be on extra that manner.”
He was joined at Magor Service Station with round a dozen or greater different people who have pushed this morning throughout the Prince of Wales Bridge in protest of gasoline tax.
PA
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:23
1 hour ago
M4 ‘added to standstill'
For a couple of minutes both carriageways of the M4 drawing close the M4 Prince of Wales Severn Bridge crossing were added to a standstill via move-slow protests travelling east and west.
Two police motorcyclists rode in the front of four cars visiting at around 30mph from the Bristol vicinity toward South Wales.
There was a marked police patrol automobile behind the protestors, followed by way of dozens of queuing motorists.
A large convoy of protestors drove over the Severn crossing heading into England from Wales with a big backlog of visitors following behind.
PA
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:18
1 hour in the past
Protest additionally underway in Wales
Protesters have left the M4 Magor services close to Caldicot in South Wales.
Police have advised the convoy of round 20 vehicles they can't stop and should pressure no slower than 30mph.
They are because of head across the Prince of Wales bridge crossing the River Severn into England.
Some protesters have stated they intend to satisfy within the center and block the highway.
PA
Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:03
1 hour in the past
‘It was costing us almost £four hundred a month just to get to paintings,’ former HGV driver says
A former HGV driving force due to participate in these days’s protest has spoken to Good Morning Britain.
“We both needed to depart paintings in Bristol due to the fact we simply absolutely couldn’t find the money for to do it anymore,” Vicky Stamper said.
“It became costing us nearly £400 a month just to get to work.”
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Zoe Tidman4 July 2022 08:00
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Protests now underway
It seems like protests at the moment are underway.
Avon and Somerset Police says it's miles managing a “slow-transferring rolling roadblock” at the M4:
Devon and Cornwall Police has also supplied updates on the moves of protesters:
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