GOOD morning. We are here to provide any information on incidents that might crop up throughout the rush hour period this morning on our Black Country and North Worcestershire roads.

So far the roads across the area are pretty quiet, but the A449 Chester Road South northbound in Kidderminster is closed due to emergency repairs and burst water main between A448 Comberton Road and A456 Birmingham Road (Land Oak traffic lights).

Traffic is heavier than normal on Tipton Road northbound in Dudley from A459 Castle Hill (Castle Gate Island) to Birmingham New Road, there is queueing traffic in Stourbridge on A491 Hagley Road northbound before the ring road, and traffic is heavy traffic on High Street Brierley Hill around Mill Street.

The usual congestion at the Burnt Tree traffic lights in Dudley and Birchley Island in Oldbury is also causing build-up.

There are areas of planned roadworks which are causing delays, they include:

Speed restriction of 30 mph and one lane closed due to major roadworks and contraflow on M5 both ways between J1 (West Bromwich / Birmingham) and J2 (Oldbury). Work on the Oldbury Viaduct means that all traffic is sharing one side of the road as a contraflow.

There are also speed restriction of 20 mph in Pensnett due to roadworks and temporary traffic lights on A4101 High Street at High Oak and there are gas main work and temporary traffic lights on A463 Bilston Street near School Street in Sedgley.

In Blackheath, Nimmings Road is closed both ways due to roadworks between Long Lane / Belgrave Road and Clement Road, while carriageway repairs on Bromsgrove Road both ways between Cockshutt Lane and Snakes Lake Lane near Bromsgrove is causing delays.

There are temporary traffic lights near to the KFC on A451 Stourport Road in Kidderminster, between Goldthorn Road and Silverwoods Way, where motorists should expect delays, as well as on B4195 Stourport Road in Bewdley both ways near Westbourne Street, due to water main work.

One lane is closed in Quinton due to gas main work on A4123 Wolverhampton Road South at B4121 West Boulevard / Ridgacre Road.

Telecoms work and temporary traffic lights are in place on B4096 Old Birmingham Road in Lickey End near Lord Austin Drive, in Oldbury, one lane is closed due to gas main work on A457 Birmingham Road between Manchester Street / Bridge Street and Pope's Lane, and people should also expect delays at A441 Birmingham Road in Redditch near Weights Lane due to roadworks and temporary traffic lights.

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