{"id":2312,"date":"2026-03-31T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/2312\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:35:13","slug":"m2-junction-5-london-bound-entry-at-stockbury-roadabout-sittingbourne-closed-after-lorry-lost-its-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/2312\/","title":{"rendered":"M2 junction 5 London-bound entry at Stockbury roadabout, Sittingbourne, closed after lorry lost its load"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A junction onto the M2 has been closed after a lorry lost its load.<\/p>\n<p>The London-bound entry at junction 5 Stockbury roundabout, near Sittingbourne, is closed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 636 441\" alt=\"The slip road onto the M2 London-bound at Stockbury Roundabout, Sittingbourne, is closed after a lorry lost its load. Picture: National Highways\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"3EEMZ3MYCV214SQ71G89.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.44\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3EEMZ3MYCV214SQ71G89.jpg\" alt=\"The slip road onto the M2 London-bound at Stockbury Roundabout, Sittingbourne, is closed after a lorry lost its load. Picture: National Highways\"\/>The slip road onto the M2 London-bound at Stockbury Roundabout, Sittingbourne, is closed after a lorry lost its load. Picture: National Highways<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the scene show the load spread across the slip road.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists\u2019 nearest options to get onto the M2 are north via the A2 towards Chatham junction, or south towards Maidstone at the M20 junction.<\/p>\n<p>Kent County Council Highways told drivers to \u201capproach with caution and expect delays in the area\u201d in a social media it published just after 1.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the recovery is in progress.<\/p>\n<p>More as we have it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A junction onto the M2 has been closed after a lorry lost its load. The London-bound entry at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[309,27,1071,608],"class_list":{"0":"post-2312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-kent","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-sittingbourne","11":"tag-traffic-and-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}