Road works paused after four-hour queues at Broomfield Hospital
Mr Hayden, who works in IT for emergency road transport systems, said he has experience with traffic management and attempted to contact the construction firm carrying out the works. "The other annoying thing is the housing developer who is responsible for it all, come 16:00 BST they're all shut up and gone home.""There were even ambulances stuck in the traffic... I think at one point there were three ambulances trying to get out of hospital that were just stuck in traffic [and couldn't] go anywhere."
Mr Hayden explained that the cars leaving the hospital were having to join queues with all the cars coming in."Everyone was complaining and moaning, but people were in quite good spirits," he said.
Mr Hayden told BBC Essex that his mother-in-law was OK after the experience. "I think she was there to get home and get a cup of tea."The BBC has contacted contractors CGS Construction and Broomfield Hospital for comment.
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