You have to understand, the M25 wasn’t born overnight. The idea was floated way back in the 1960s—think bell-bottoms and the first moon landing. Planners said, "Let's build a ring road to keep traffic out of London." Bless their hearts. They had no idea what they were unleashing.
It was meant to be a solution. Instead, it became a problem wrapped in tarmac. But hey, that’s progress for you, right?
Plagues, Protests, and Potholes
The construction was a mess—in the best possible way. Did you know they found a plague pit? No joke. During the digging in the early 1980s, workers uncovered a mass grave from the Great Plague. Suddenly, building a road felt like a horror movie.
And the protests! People chained themselves to trees. The environmentalists were furious, and with good reason. They bulldozed ancient woodlands. It was a decade-long battle of concrete vs. nature.
Oh, and the budget? It ballooned. Of course it did. The original cost was around £100 million, but by the end it was over £1 billion. Oops.
