Hundreds of miles of roadworks to be lifted to make Bank Holiday journeys smoother for drivers
National Highways will lift more than 500 miles of roadworks to ease journeys for thousands of motorists travelling over the August 2024 Bank Holiday. Almost 97% of the network will be free from roadworks over the long weekend, with 512 miles of works lifted, as motorists travel across the country to enjoy the last of […]
UK roads set for busiest August Bank Holiday Monday since 2015
Next week’s August Bank Holiday is expected to be the busiest in nine years with an estimated 19.2m leisure journeys by car as drivers go ‘day trip crazy’, new research from the RAC shows.* Saturday 24 August is set to be the busiest on the roads with 3.7m getaway trips planned, slightly ahead of the 3m journeys […]
INRIX and RAC predict “May-hem” for Bank Holiday travellers
More than 16m drivers are expected to hit the roads for the first bank holiday weekend in May with traffic well above pre-COVID levels, research from INRIX and the RAC shows. The study suggests getaway traffic will start building on Friday 3 May before peaking on Saturday 4 at 3.3m journeys. A further 2.3m and […]
