IN order to avoid congestion and help you get back home as quickly as possible in rush hour, why not use our traffic and travel service?

A quick look around North Worcestershire and the Black Country has revealed a number of hot spots you may wish to avoid. These include:

*A449 Chester Road North, Kidderminster. Water main work and temporary traffic lights on A449 Chester Road North near Offmore Road/Offmore Lane.

*Thorns Road, Quarry Bank. Temporary traffic lights are in operation as South Staffs Water carry out work outside the new Aldi development. Lights are manually controlled until 9.30pm and again from 6.30am tomorrow morning.

*A441 Rough Hill Drive, Redditch. Road is closed following a crash involving a skip lorry, van and car between Grangers Lane and Coldfield Drive/Grangers Lane/Rough Hill Drive. The crash occurred near the island by McDonald's.

*Warley Road, Oldbury. Temporary traffic lights are in operation as a result of roadworks on Warley Road at Basons Lane.

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