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- Good afternoon.
- Queuing traffic and significant congestion has been reported on the M5 in north Somerset today, Friday October 23, as weekend holiday traffic starts to build.
- Delays and slow moving traffic have been reported between Junction 19 at Portishead and Junction 22 at Burnham-on-Sea.
- Earlier this Friday, all three lanes of the M5 Northbound were temporarily closed this afternoon at Bridgwater when a lorry overturned on the motorway. Nobody was hurt in the incident that caused 9 miles of traffic and hours of delays which have now cleared.
- We'll share any live updates here on M5 travel in Somerset this afternoon and evening here. If you've been affected by the M5 traffic and have any comments, updates or images to share, get in touch a.parnham-cope@newsquest.co.uk
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