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Essex Police said it was "working arsenic rapidly arsenic we tin to support you moving"
The Dartford passageway has been partially closed aft activists staged protests astatine aggregate locations connected the M25 astir London.
Essex Police said idiosyncratic climbed a gantry implicit the roadworthy astatine junction 31 connected the northbound carriageway astatine Thurrock astatine astir 07:00 GMT.
It said it was moving to region the protester and its squad was astatine the scene.
Both northbound tunnels were closed earlier, but 1 has since reopened.
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Image caption,Police officers remained astatine the country astatine the bluish extremity of the Dartford Crossing, Essex Police said
Earlier, constabulary said the protestation would origin "major disruption" to motorists utilizing the M25 to transverse from Kent into Essex.
We are presently connected country astatine the north-bound way of the M25 astatine the Dartford River Crossing wherever a protester has climbed connected to the gantry astatine junction 31. Dartford passageway and 2 lanes are closed. We are moving arsenic rapidly arsenic we tin to support you moving. pic.twitter.com/SAD8gCAtkS
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"Due to the unsafe presumption successful which the protester has placed themselves it is apt to beryllium indispensable to adjacent the remaining 2 lanes of the London-bound way of the M25", it said.
Just Stop Oil activists said astir 15 of its supporters were connected gantries astatine "multiple locations".
🛣 BREAKING: M25 BLOCKED FOR SECOND DAY 🛣
🚗 Approx 15 supporters of Just Stop Oil have climbed onto the overhead gantries of the #M25 astatine aggregate locations — causing constabulary to halt postulation — demanding that the Government halts each caller lipid and state consents licences.#COP27 pic.twitter.com/6pa4XPt5DK
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Hertfordshire Police said it had responded to reports of "protest activity" astatine junction 20 (Kings Langley), junctions 21a (Bricket Wood) and junction 22 (London Colney) of the M25.
It had closed immoderate lanes for officers to measure the situation, it added.
It asked drivers to debar the country and find alternate routes.
Surrey Police said its officers were dealing with protesters who person climbed connected to motorway gantries betwixt junctions 8 and 9 (Reigate), and junctions 12 and13 (Staines).
"Traffic is presently stopped successful some directions astatine these junctions," the unit said.
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