Traffic chaos prompts urgent review

ALL local authorities are to be asked to review their procedures for informing motorists about major roadworks in a bid to avoid the traffic gridlock which affected thousands of Dublin and Wicklow commuters earlier this week.

Emergency roadworks on a burst water pipe on Wednesday evening are believed to have caused one of the biggest ever traffic jams in Ireland with some motorists claiming they faced delays of over seven hours.

Over 50,000 vehicles are believed to have been caught in the snarl-up which effected both the N11 main Dublin-Wexford road and the southernmost section of the M50.