Congestion continues to build up around Waltham Forest and Redbridge petrol sations amid driver shortages.

A "handful" of petrol stations in the UK have been forced to close after the nationwide shortage of HGV drivers left forecourts without supplies.

People rushing to petrol pumps caused ques at forecourts since Friday which has been causing lengthy delays.

It appears that petrol stations in Waltham Forest and Redbridge continue to be busy this morning (Monday).

According to Google Maps, there are build ups of traffic around several East London petrol stations- the red line indicates very slow moving traffic.East London and West Essex Guardian Series: View of East London petrol stations- dark red line indicates slow moving trafficView of East London petrol stations- dark red line indicates slow moving traffic

In Waltham Forest, Esso Tesco Leyton Express has a particularly long que forming.

East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Waltham Forest que build upWaltham Forest que build up

In Redbridge the Esso MFG on the A12 also has a long que accoring to Google Maps.

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It is estimated that the UK is short of about 100,000 HGV drivers - with gaps made worse by the pandemic and Brexit.

BP said on Thursday (September 23) that up to 100 of its forecourts were short of at least one grade of fuel- with several forced to close entirely because of a lack of deliveries.  

Esso said a handful of its petrol stations operated alongside Tesco Express stores were affected, while some of the supermarket chain’s own-branded sites were also suffering outages.