THERE are long delays and queueing traffic due to an earlier broken- down vehicle on the M56 eastbound from junction 7 A556 Chester Road (Bowdon) to junction 6 A538 Wilmslow Road (Hale Four Seasons Roundabout).

There is congestion to approaching junction 9 (M6 Lymm interchange). Travel time is 30 minutes. All lanes have been re-opened.