The AA has issued its first "amber traffic warning" with severe congestion expected on the roads this weekend. Congestion is expected to peak between 11am and 3pm on both Friday and Saturday, drivers are being warned.
This is due to a combination of the first switchover days for holiday lets during the school summer holidays in England and Wales, a rail strike, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the start of the Football League season in England.
Roads approaching Dover and the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone are expected to be busy, as well as those serving Devon and Cornwall, such as the M5, A303 and A30. The south-west and western sections of the M25, the Bristol M4/M5 junction, and the M6, M42, M1 and M62 are also vulnerable to traffic jams this weekend.
