Just Stop Oil activists brought traffic to a halt as they protested on the M25 for the fourth day in a row. Activists climbed a gantry at Junction 8 of the UK’s busiest motorway on Thursday morning.
Officers from Surrey Police were called to the scene and the road was closed in both directions while they climbed the gantry. Meanwhile Essex Police said they arrested a woman attempting to climb a gantry around 1.5 miles from Junction 28 clockwise.
The force said: “One lane was closed for a short time as officers responded to the situation.” The Metropolitan Police said: “We’re ready to respond to any criminality on the M25 again today and will work quickly to minimise disruption and keep traffic moving.”
The Met said there was a person on a gantry near Junction 25 at Waltham Cross close to the border with Hertfordshire. The road was closed.
There was also a report on social media of a protest between Junctions 15 and 16, near Heathrow Airport. Just Stop Oil said its supporters climbed gantries “in multiple locations” from 6.30am on Thursday.
Phoebie Plummer, a 21-year-old student from London, said: “I understand people must be frustrated with us, and rightly so, but we have to disrupt daily life because we are hurtling towards climate catastrophe, yet the Government continues to betray me, my generation and people in the global South by issuing new oil licences.”
