There were long delays on the M5 motorway on Thursday evening (August 11th) due to a “number of polystyrene blocks shattered across the carriageway.”
National Highways closed two lanes of the northbound carriageway at around 6pm between junctions 22 for Burnham-On-Sea and 21 for Weston-super-Mare.
Delays of around 60 minutes quickly built up as tailbacks stretched back six miles. The debris was cleared away and the carriageway fully re-opened at 7.30pm.
A separate incident also briefly closed the M5 southbound between Burnham and Weston at 10.30pm after a car crashed and caught fire. The M5 re-opened at 11pm and National Highways said there were no significant delays.
