Sunday, July 22, 2007

Stuck in Traffic Jam

Summer in Holland is synonymous with long traffic jam on the motorways. This is the period when serious road repair and expansion works are carried out.
Two weeks ago it took us 4 hours to reach Roermond which normally takes 2 hours. First we got stranded along A12 on the way to Utretch due to a road accident. The four-lane motorway was reduced to the hard shoulder (see photo) and car had to be diverted back. Passing the A20 from Utretch to Rotterdam, the traffic jam had already built up to 15 Km long after just one hour!

The next one was the A2 - comletely closed because of repair. This time we had to devise ways around town and country road to get us through.

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