GOOD morning, welcome to Thursday morning's traffic and travel news for our area, North Worcestershire and the Black Country.

The last thing you would want is to be stuck in rush-hour queues, so our traffic update is here to help you get to your destination as quickly as possible.

Looking around our area things seem fairly quiet this morning, apart from around a few areas with roadworks which include:

Temporary traffic lights on  B4497 Icknield Street Drive in Redditch, at the Ipsley Church Lane junction.

A speed restriction of 40mph, and narrow lanes, on the M5 in both directions at J4, A38 (Lydiate Ash) because of roadworks.

One lane closed and expected delays on A456 Birmingham Road in Hagley, between the Monument Lane junction and the Wassell Grove Lane junction, because of roadworks.

Queuing traffic on the A4123 New Birmingham Road, southbound in Tividale, between the Lower City Road junction and Birchley Island.

Temporary traffic lights on the A441 Evesham Road in Redditch at Crabbs Cross Island.

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