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M5 delays as ‘polystyrene blocks left shattered across the carriageway’

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There were long delays on the M5 motorway on Thursday evening (August 11th) due to a “number of polystyrene blocks shattered across the carriageway.”

National Highways closed two lanes of the northbound carriageway at around 6pm between junctions 22 for Burnham-On-Sea and 21 for Weston-super-Mare.

Delays of around 60 minutes quickly built up as tailbacks stretched back six miles. The debris was cleared away and the carriageway fully re-opened at 7.30pm.

A separate incident also briefly closed the M5 southbound between Burnham and Weston at 10.30pm after a car crashed and caught fire. The M5 re-opened at 11pm and National Highways said there were no significant delays.

 

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