Warning to Cheshire motorists as big bank holiday getaway begins

14 million of us are predicted to hit the roads this weekend as temperatures are expected to soar again.

Motorists are being warned to plan ahead of their journeys, as heavy road congestion is expected.

The affected roads in the surrounding area are likely to be the M6 in Cheshire, and the M53 and A55 in North Wales.

Research shows that today (Friday 25^th May) is set to be the busiest day of the bank holiday with an expected 4.45 million people to be on the roads.

We are being advised to avoid the time between 4pm and 7pm tonight as this will be the most congested period of the whole weekend.

RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said:

“Our research focuses on those leisure trips drivers are planning especially because of the bank holiday – so journeys like day trips with friends and family, or perhaps departing for a short break or half-term holiday.

“Motorists planning on covering any significant distance should try to avoid Friday afternoon and evening and get away early on Saturday or Sunday to miss the worst of the jams. But with the UK’s constrained road space, and with road traffic at an all-time high, it doesn’t take much for congestion to occur so the message is to expect queues on some of the busiest routes, especially if the current weather forecasts become true. The fine weather a lot of us enjoyed over the last bank holiday sparked congestion on some parts of the network and this weekend is likely to be no different.”

Public transport around Cheshire is due to be extremely busy, due to strike son the Northern Rail train line on Saturday 26^th May.

There will be very limited services running so passengers are being advised to check the Northern Rail website and National Rail Enquires before travelling.

However, Merseyrail will be running a strengthened service, with trains departing 5 minutes earlier and arriving in Chester 5 minutes later due to the expected increased number of passengers.

The estimated high temperatures for the next three days are also prompting us Brits to get away with temperatures set to reach 30 degrees on Bank holiday Monday in some parts of England.

Although, we wouldn’t be in the UK if it wasn’t to rain as well, so unfortunately some places especially in the South are expected to have heavy thunderstorms.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said:

“It’ll be a warm Bank Holiday weekend with temperatures reaching the low to mid-20s for many; however it’ll be cooler along eastern coastal areas.  Although many areas will be dry, there is a risk of some sharp thundery showers developing across the south, where temperatures could push into the high-twenties.”

See below when the busiest times of the weekend are predicted to be.