Two Just Stop Oil protesters have climbed to the top of a major road bridge linking Essex and Kent, forcing police to close it to traffic. Essex Police said officers were called shortly before 3.50am on Monday to a report that two people had climbed on to the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing and were “currently at height”.
Just Stop Oil said in a statement that two supporters of the group had scaled the structure “to demand that the government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents”. An Essex Police spokesman said: “The bridge has been closed while we resolve the incident which we will do as quickly and as safely for all involved.
“It does mean that we have had to close the bridge to traffic, but a diversion is going to be put in place through the tunnel. This is likely to cause delays throughout this morning and this incident may take some time to resolve due to the complexities of safely getting people down from height.”
