Bank holiday traffic: sun and Covid easing may mean return of jams

AA says it does not expect travel chaos' but traffic is likely to grow on peak routes at peak times

Sunny weather, the easing of Covid restrictions and the return of road traffic to pre-pandemic levels could combine to bring back traditional bank holiday jams in coastal areas, motoring organisations have said.

The RAC said that about 11m journeys could be made over the weekend, the start of the half-term holiday for most schools. The AA said it did not expect travel chaos", but in the first long weekend since the last easing of lockdown, traffic was likely to grow on peak routes.