Live M27 updates as 'severe' delays hit 15 minutes

Traffic has returned to normal.

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Delays have reached to just five minutes now between Junctions 5 and 4 as traffic starts to return to normal.

Queues have eased in places and now the only stretch of eastbound road affected is between Junctions 5 and 4.

AA Traffic Maps reports 'severe delays of 14 minutes and delays easing,' with an average speed of 15mph.

Westbound traffic is unaffected by the delays.

Google Maps shows that the part of the M27 worst affected by eastbound delays is between Junction 5 and 4.

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AA Traffic Maps suggests that the average speed between the two locations eastbound is currently 20mph.

AA Traffic Maps reports 'severe' delays of 16 minutes eastbound on the M27 between Junction 8 and 4.

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Delays on the M27 have hit 15 minutes as commuters head home.

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