{"id":71608,"date":"2016-06-23T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ee8645bb4507ea0d03a947c6d1b9263f"},"modified":"2016-06-23T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:50:57","slug":"press-release-road-users-advised-of-heavy-rain-on-a12-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71608","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Road users advised of heavy rain on A12 in Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A heavy band of rain has been moving across the East since this morning and is expected to continue into the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

Drivers are advised to drive appropriately for the weather conditions and keep up to date on the latest weather and traffic reports.<\/p>\n

Highways England\u2019s operations manager, Stewart Turner, said:<\/p>\n

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Two lanes on the A12 at Kelvedon and Margaretting have been closed southbound earlier today following flooding.<\/p>\n

We have specialist tankers on route to drain the flood water away and we will reopen as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

We are keeping a close eye on the situation as the A120 is getting busy at Ardleigh and we would advise people to drive with extra care until the conditions improve.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Highways England is giving the follow advice to drivers:<\/p>\n

Visibility is reduced in heavy rain, so use your lights and make sure you can be seen – don\u2019t just rely on the vehicle running lights if you have them – be aware that even in lighter rain the amount of spray can also reduce visibility.<\/p>\n

When the road is wet it can take twice as long to stop. Slow down and maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front.<\/p>\n

If your vehicle loses grip (aquaplanes) on surface water, take your foot off the accelerator to slow down – do not brake or steer suddenly because you have less control of the steering and brakes.<\/p>\n

Try to avoid driving through surface water as you might flood your engine.<\/p>\n

If you have to drive through floods, drive slowly, use a low gear and try to keep the engine revving at a high rate – move forward continuously to avoid stalling the engine. When driving an automatic vehicle, engage and hold in a low gear.<\/p>\n

Test your brakes after driving through water; they may be ineffective.<\/p>\n

Make sure your windscreen wipers are working effectively – they will need to work especially hard in torrential rain and hailstorms and if your visibility is reduced, please slow down.<\/p>\n

General enquiries<\/h3>\n

Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n

Media enquiries<\/h3>\n

Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highways England is advising drivers on the A12 and A120 in Essex to be cautious as there is significant surface water on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}