M57 traffic live updates as motorway ‘blocked’

Traffic is building on the M57 this morning after an incident. At 8.55am, traffic monitoring service Inrix said that the M57 southbound was partially blocked due to an obstruction on the road before junction six at the A506 Valley Road in Kirkby. Live traffic data from Google shows that traffic is currently slow in the area[1].

Traffic service Waze reported that police are at the scene. The ECHO[2] has approached Merseyside Police[3] for more information on the incident. We'll be bringing you all the updates via our live blog below.

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