Lengthy tailbacks on M57 due to police incident

According to traffic monitoring service Inrix, the incident on the M57 between junction 2 T A57 Liverpool Road, Prescot to junction 4 A580 Moorgate Road, Knowsley, led to a large emergency services presence being at the scene.

Images posted on social media showed large queues of traffic on the motorway

Police confirmed the issue related to the concern for a person's safety.

The @MerseyPolice led incident on the #M57 near #Liverpool that blocked the road in both directions between J3 and J4 has now been resolved. Traffic has been released in both directions with all lanes now open. pic.twitter.com/HM6YEri3zd^[1][2][3][4]

— National Highways: North-West (@HighwaysNWEST) October 1, 2023^[5]

National Highways North West stated shortly before 4pm that the incident had been resolved and traffic has been released.

References

1. ^{^} @MerseyPolice (twitter.com)
2. ^{^} #M57 (twitter.com)
3. ^{^} #Liverpool (twitter.com)
4. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/HM6YEri3zd (t.co)
5. ^{^} October 1, 2023 (twitter.com)