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Topic ID 796
08/11/2004 by UKMusicman
Traffic chaos in town centre
Does anyone know what happened this afternoon? From around 2.30pm until at least 5.30pm...maybe later but I was back home by then...traffic in the centre of town and on approach roads was at a virtual standstill. I know it gets busy most days, but this was unlike anything I've seen before.
The queue stretched up Baldock Street and past the traffic lights at the end of Kingshill. It stretched up Watton Road, more than halfway to the A10. And the High Street was at a virtual standstill.
When I crawled back down the High Street I couldn't see anything that was causing such chaos...what on earth caused all the jams?
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Reply ID 7310
08/11/2004 by Monkee
There was a major accident on 4 ways roundabout.... One road was closed off so they diverted traffic into Ware via another route,
Reply ID 7312
08/11/2004 by david c
The police had also closed the Rush Green roundabout (due to the same accident i think!) and all traffic coming out of Hertford was diverted down the A10 towards Ware and then through the town centre, back out to the Amwell roundabout up to the A10 again!! It was a total nightmare!!
Reply ID 7313
08/11/2004 by GillP
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Originally posted by Monkee
There was a major accident on 4 ways roundabout.... One road was closed off so they diverted traffic into Ware via another route,
That would explain why it took me sooo long to do my normal 10min journey from hertford to ware.
Which is 4 ways roundabout???
Reply ID 7318
09/11/2004 by glp
I always thought that Fourways Roundabout was the one in Hoddesdon with the petrol station on the corner of the road that leads to Hertford Heath. That being so, we shall probably never read about the problem in the Hertfordshire Mercury. Unfortunately, Hoddesdon is also outside the reception area (except on a good day) of Hertbeat and they may not have carried the news in any case.
Reply ID 7326
09/11/2004 by Bikerbiker
Lorry turned over on the Rush Green roundabout blocking it, thats why traffic was diverted to allow it to be recovered.
Reply ID 7327
09/11/2004 by Monkee
Hmm... I thought 4 ways was the Hertford Maccy D's and BP roundabout.... never did work out why it was called that.... maybe it is the Rush Green one ! lol
I've confused myself now. [xx(]
Reply ID 7328
10/11/2004 by david c
Monkee i have also heard the Rush Green roundabout being called 4 ways, but don't know why!!
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Unfortunately, Hoddesdon is also outside the reception area (except on a good day) of Hertbeat and they may not have carried the news in any case
I was listening to Hertbeat FM on Monday evening in the hope that they would be able to provide some information, as well as looking on their website to see if there was any information on the traffic problems, but neither were proving helpful on this occasion [:(]
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