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A55 reopens after lorry overturned at Abergwyngregyn
The overturned lorry, photo taken by cyclist Jacob Williams
The A55 has reopened after an articulated lorry overturned in Gwynedd, spilling 500 litres of diesel onto the road.
The incident happened at Abergwyngregyn at around 07:50 BST and left one person injured.
A 12-mile traffic jam built up on the commuter route, but the westbound carriageway reopened later.
The eastbound carriageway opened at about 20:30 BST after the lorry had been removed and the road hosed down.
Traffic Wales said vehicles were down to one lane at junction 13 near the scene, close to College Farm, and the carriageway was expected to fully reopen following an inspection on Thursday morning.
After the crash on Wednesday, the Welsh government said nearby roads were "heavily congested" with diverted drivers.
Drivers were advised to detour via the A5 at Betws-y-Coed and then the A470.
Workforce teams carried out repairs, helping to remove the lorry's load of 18 tonnes of meat and cleaning up the spilled fuel.
The lorry was righted and removed later in the day, but emergency services continue the clean up.
The fire service said crews from Bangor and Llanfairfechan as well as a specialist environmental protection unit from Holyhead were sent.
The Environment Agency Wales officers worked with the emergency services to block drains and absorbent material was used to contain and clear the diesel to protect the Afon Aber which is nearby.
Traffic Wales reported long queues southbound into Bethesda, on the route of diverted traffic.
There were also reports of gridlock in the Llanrwst area as vehicles try to divert along the A5 down the Conwy Valley.
Meanwhile, passengers who missed their ferry from Holyhead to the Republic of Ireland were being warned to expect further delays.
A spokeswoman for Stena said the 21:30 BST sailing was full but there was availability on the 02:30 BST on Thursday.
Firefighters blocked drains and used absorbent materials to protect the nearby Afon Aber
I left Llangefni at 7.30 this morning to go to Blackpool I was waiting 2 and a half hours with four kids in the car. I turned around to go through Betws y Coed but the traffic was horrendous so I have gone home I had paid over £100 to go to the Pleasure beach with the kids
The A55 is the worst road that I travel on. I am a HGV driver and the highways have always got cones on it.
Yet again, Llanfairfechan and her residents are left stranded. My husband went to Colwyn Bay this morning, finished his dental appointment by 12 and is still not home by 1.45pm! Isn't it time to review some type of relief road from Llanfair through to Aber, if only for emergency use? I dread to think of the impact this has had for hundreds of people, their holidays and services trying to get westbound all for the sake of opening a small section of the 'old' A55.
I left Conwy for a meeting in Holyhead at 10.00am, joining the A55 westbound at Conwy. Later at 11am I was still stationary queuing in Penmaenmawr unable to get off the A55 until eventually traffic lights on the A55 allowed us to slowly proceed to Llanfairfechan roundabout where we were directed back along the A55 towards the direction we had come from. I wasted 2 hours in total when a simple sign or closure of the Conwy west bound slip road, or police at Penmaenmawr roundabout would have stopped me and many others from entering a futile queue.
This is a complete mess ! I left for work at 8 am and am still stuck with nowhere to turn off , no updates as to how long people have no drinks food or loos ! North Wales police come on please ! (Received 14:24 BST)
I left Beaumaris at 7.30 and was stopped about half a mile behind the crashed truck till about 10:45, no news, no updates of what was happening till slowly brought forward and turned round at junction 13 by the police. If the road is reopened at 7:30 tonight as the Traffic Wales site says then that's a 12 hour cleanup & repairs operation....a really long time. Could the police not set up a contraflow to the westbound carriageway?
I wanted to get to work to pick up some important docs for a journey tomorrow, luckily I was able to turn around and try the Bethesda route, but that road was slow running. 12 miles of grid lock? Hundreds of people affected.
Left this morning to go to rhyl at 10.00 am and was stuck in Bethesda, Betws y Coed and Llanrwst. Complete chaos didn't arrive in Llandudno until 2.30pm. couldn't they have done a contraflow on the eastbound carriage ie open both sides single lane? complete shambles once again the A55!
I left 8am this morning from Moelfre to be in Manchester Airport for 12.15pm checkout for a flight to Canada. A sign by Tesco Extra Bangor said 'Junction 11 closed', but it wasn't closed.. so that was completely misleading, carried on driving to find myself in the middle of a huge standstill queue. After driving through a gap in the crash barriers I took the Bethesda/Llanrwst route, but that was also jammed with cars. After arriving in Manchester Airport, I missed my flight by 7 minutes, absolutely devastated! Complete shambles on the A55, with very little communication. On the way back to Anglesey, the queue of cars start nearly by the Britannia Bridge all the way to the overturned lorry, ridiculous!
We have been on holiday to Bethesda and set off to come home to Prestatyn at 2pm. We were stuck in traffic for 7 hours with 3 small children in the car and no food, drink or toilet.
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