Three MILLION drivers on roads in mad rush to get to home for Christmas – as airports rammed in Frantic Friday carnage
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A WHOPPING three million drivers are on the roads and airports are rammed as Brits rush to get home for Christmas. Friday will be the busiest day of Christmas driving since records began in 2010, the AA said. And snaps show queues building for check-in at Manchester Airport and other flight hubs as festive passengers set off home.
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Around 90,000 passengers could travel through Manchester Airport each day in the run-up to Christmas. The airport warned that wrapped presents, crackers and snow globes are not allowed in hand luggage. Failure to put these festive items in hold luggage could worsen delays at check-in.
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Delays of more than are 45 minutes likely in the evening on the M3 in Surrey and Hampshire between the M25 in west London and the south coast. There could also be delays on the M25 anticlockwise from the junction with the M1 near Watford to the M23 for Gatwick Airport.
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Further north, the M53 northbound from Chester to Liverpool will be worst affected by delays during home-time traffic on Friday. The AA has issued a string of amber traffic warnings ahead of "Frantic Friday". The RAC and INRIX have said roads will be at their most congested between 1pm and 7pm today and over the weekend.
Experts recommend drivers either set off early or later in the evening. National Highways will remove roadworks on 95% of the roads it manages to ease traffic. RAC Breakdown's Alice Simpson said: "Christmas falls on a Wednesday this year. "Many drivers will be squeezing in their getaway trips right up until the big day itself.
