Angry drivers take to social media after traffic gridlock causes rush-hour chaos

The roads were gridlocked during rush hour, with traffic links showing slow or queuing traffic on A355 Park Lane southbound at A40 London Road in Beaconsfield, A404 Bisham and M40 southbound before J1A (M25).

Angry drivers took to social media, with one saying it took him an hour to get from High Wycombe town centre to Flackwell Heath and another asking Wycombe District Council what they were doing with traffic lights.

WDC does not look after the traffic lights in the county - that is the responsibility of Transport for Bucks, which said the delays could have been partly due to emergency gas works along Daws Hill Lane.

@wycombedc @franniem16 @buckscc Delays this morning may be partly due to emergency gas works along Daws Hill Lane. ^LJS

— Transport for Bucks (@tfbalerts) January 18, 2017

@bucksfreepress Wycombe gridlocked yet again. @wycombedc what are you doing with your traffic lights this am?

— francesca murray (@franniem16) January 18, 2017

@franniem16 @bucksfreepress @wycombedc It's nuts. Taken me over an hour from Wycombe centre to Flackwell Heath. Could've walked faster

— Adam Galbraith Cobb (@adamcobb) January 18, 2017

@bucksfreepress It was awful this morning. Took me an hour to get from Hatters Lane to Handy Cross (would normally take 20 mins tops).

— Mark Hewitson LSWPP (@Markhewitson) January 18, 2017