The M25 has been re-opened after it was partly shut due to a chemical spill allegedly caused when a lorry collided with the central reservation near the Bellcommon Tunnel.
The clockwise carriageway between junctions 26 and 27 was shut for 10 hours, leading to lengthy delays for motorists.
Several containers fell from the back of a lorry, leading to the the spillage of approximately 3,000 litres of chemical fluid on the road.
Officers subsequently closed the carriageway for safety reasons. It was reopened at 3pm today.
Vasil Vasilev, 43, has been charged with two counts of endangering others while using a vehicle with an insecure load.
He has been remanded in custody to re-appear at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on Monday.
