Well, I am back in town, boy is it hot!

I arrived late last night (by car) so no real problem, but I have yet to
venture out. So does anyone know how its going with the overpass closure? I
have been reading around, people seem to be thinking its not too bad - I
guess everyone is on holiday so it probably is the best time to do it.

What do people reckon though? I have to take someone to the airport tommorow
for a 6 oclock flight. How much time should I leave? (Going from
Hammersmith)

"K" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:52:13 +0000 (UTC), "Oliver Keating"
wrote:



What do people reckon though? I have to take someone to the airport
tommorow
for a 6 oclock flight. How much time should I leave? (Going from
Hammersmith)

6AM or 6PM? it might make a difference :-)


PM i am afraid, if it were AM I wouldn't be asking

In message , Oliver Keating
writes

Well, I am back in town, boy is it hot!

I arrived late last night (by car) so no real problem, but I have yet to
venture out. So does anyone know how its going with the overpass closure? I
have been reading around, people seem to be thinking its not too bad - I
guess everyone is on holiday so it probably is the best time to do it.

I haven't been into Hammersmith itself lately but I live less than two
miles away and have seen very little extra traffic anywhere in the
Putney, Barnes, Mortlake, Kew or Chiswick areas. In particular, the
South Circular has been quieter than I can remember it for a long time -
heat and holidays, and perhaps people avoiding the area.

What do people reckon though? I have to take someone to the airport tommorow
for a 6 oclock flight. How much time should I leave? (Going from
Hammersmith)

If that's 6am you will need very little time, especially allowing for
check-in! But I guess you mean pm - going out of town in latish
afternoon could be slow, but the real problems would be east of
Hammersmith - the traffic should be thinning out where you join the A4.
Unfortunately the jam cam on Chiswick roundabout is currently off so
someone who has been driving the route recently could advise better, but
I doubt that it would take much longer than usual.

--
Paul Terry

Oliver Keating wrote:
Well, I am back in town, boy is it hot!

I arrived late last night (by car) so no real problem, but I have yet
to venture out. So does anyone know how its going with the overpass
closure? I have been reading around, people seem to be thinking its
not too bad - I guess everyone is on holiday so it probably is the
best time to do it.

What do people reckon though? I have to take someone to the airport
tommorow for a 6 oclock flight. How much time should I leave? (Going
from Hammersmith)

Generally, the traffic has been better than some people expected. However,

(a) I know that last Tuesday evening (5 Aug), after good rush hours on
Monday and Tuesday morning, there were bad jams on the A4 and Chiswick High
Road that didn't clear until 21:00.

(b) This morning (Mon 11 Aug) at 10:15, there were still jams on the A4 back
to the Hogarth Roundabout, and queues back to there on the alternative
routes through Chiswick.


Plan B perhaps? (Piccadilly Line)

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Richard J.
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nmtop40 wrote:
"AstraVanMan" wrote in message
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Well you'll be pleased to know that the work is well ahead of
schedule, and
it was announced on the news today that the flyover will re-open this
Sunday. Won't help for your friend's flight though :-(

Peter

should re-open at 5am

That's 5 am Friday 15 August (according to the BBC).
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Well you'll be pleased to know that the work is well ahead of
schedule, and
it was announced on the news today that the flyover will re-open this
Sunday. Won't help for your friend's flight though :-(

Peter

should re-open at 5am

That's 5 am Friday 15 August (according to the BBC).

Blimey, so it's open now. Cool.

Peter

In article ,
AstraVanMan writes
Well you'll be pleased to know that the work is well ahead of
schedule, and
it was announced on the news today that the flyover will re-open this
Sunday. Won't help for your friend's flight though :-(

Peter

should re-open at 5am

That's 5 am Friday 15 August (according to the BBC).

Blimey, so it's open now. Cool.

I drove over it this morning (Sunday 17).

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:17:05 +0100, congokid
wrote:

I drove over it this morning (Sunday 17).

And BBC London's travel page is still warning of its closure.

This doesn't surprise me -- BBC London's web site is uniformly
dreadful, IMHO.

Regards,

Clive

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