It's the most wonderful time of the year....unless you're trying to reach family outside of Kent.

According to the AA, tomorrow will be the busiest day on the roads with the M20 and M25 likely to be very congested on December 22 and 23.

To try and ease problems off of motorways, National Highways who are responsible for the motorways, and Kent County Council, who are responsible for the rest of Kent’s highways, will reduce the number of non-emergency works being carried out on their roads over the festive period.

A KCC spokesman said: “Ahead of the Christmas break we are imposing additional conditions and restrictions to non-emergency roadworks on roads in traffic-sensitive areas, such as those leading to shopping areas.

“We hope taking this approach will help keep disruption on our network to a minimum wherever possible so we can keep Kent moving this Christmas.

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“Non-emergency roadworks that cannot be undertaken with these enhanced conditions and restrictions will be postponed until a more suitable time in the New Year.”

However, the council has no power to order utility companies to do the same.

KCC has also halted Operation Brock over the festive period and National Highways has confirmed the Dartford Crossing will remain open at standard charges on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Yet with around 32 million drivers estimated to hit the roads this weekend, people may look to public transport.

Last year trains were majorly disrupted as train strikes caused difficulties and while the industrial action has been put on hold, there will be some disruption at London stations.

People travelling to Victoria between December 23 and January 1 will face engineering works that are being carried out to replace switches and crossings along the line.

Trains will be diverted to Blackfriars, Charing Cross or Canon Street.

However, most Southeastern lines will be running a “normal service” for the days leading up to Christmas.

Paul Prentice, spokesman for the company, said: “Our trains do get busier. And stations like Canterbury are very busy because the high streets are full of shoppers.

“Ashford's another one that can get busy but if people do need to travel we suggest checking before they do.

More services have been put on to help with the increased demand.

Paul explained: “We have made some changes to our timetable this December, for example, on the roots of the high-speed route between London st Pancras and Faversham, the one that goes through the Medway Towns, we've increased the frequency of trains on that route.

“If people have concerns about this they might want to try heading out at quieter times of the day rather than during peak times.

“But we are sure we'll have plenty of space on board our trains for people to get to where they need to get to.

“It's encouraging that people are coming back to use the railway and they're travelling around Kent and into London, spending money and doing all the things that people like to do at this time of year.”

Paul confirmed there will be no services running on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.