Tess de la Mare<\/span> and <\/span><\/p>\n Emma Elgee,<\/span>Bristol<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Drivers have faced four-hour queues to exit a shopping centre car park in central Bristol after a faulty traffic light caused gridlock.<\/p>\n Motorists reported moving just a few feet in three hours on Saturday afternoon, with dozens of cars unable to leave the Cabot Circus car park.<\/p>\n Several roads in the area are also experiencing long queues.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the city council said contractors were in the area trying to fix the traffic light.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A Cabot Circus spokesperson add: “The traffic lights were down in the area which caused major delays on the roads but it’s now been rectified by the council. <\/p>\n “That was the cause of the delay and then backlog leaving the car park.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Hill said she had been waiting for four hours. <\/p>\n “We’ve gone back down into Cabot Circus and had some food and come back out again.<\/p>\n “We’ve only seen one staff member on level three helping people, but it’s been chaos. There’s no support her from Cabot Circus at all,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n James Bleeg, 53, had been stuck on the sixth floor of the car park for two-and-a-half hours by 17:00 GMT.<\/p>\n He had travelled into Bristol to shop and visit the Christmas market, which opened a week ago, with his wife and 12-year-old son.<\/p>\n Mr Bleeg estimated they had moved only a few metres.<\/p>\n He said: “We’ve been better but life doesn’t always go as you planned it. We are trying to keep our spirits up by speaking to family and listening to podcasts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By 19:00, there were traffic wardens on each floor by the exit ramps helping to direct traffic. <\/p>\n Lucy Trimnell, a Somerset councillor, posted on X that Bristol was “absolute bedlam” after spending three hours stuck in queues.<\/p>\n She added there was “gridlock” on all the roads.<\/p>\n There are multiple traffic jams including Bond Street, Temple Way, The Haymarket, Newfoundland Way and St James Barton Roundabout, according to Google Maps.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Bristol City Council said: “There was an issue with a traffic light in the area. The contractors are on site and looking at it now.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"James](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/970a\/live\/96876400-c246-11f0-8456-eff94716b162.png.webp\")
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