Severe delays on M5 after fault is reported

• Drivers have been warned of continued delays on the M5 following closures due to “a defect with overhead power lines.”
• According to a National Highways update on X , the motorway “in Somerset has reopened in both directions between J22 Highbridge and J23 Puriton”.
• It added: “There are delays of 160 minutes and 10 miles of congestion in both directions. This will begin to ease. Have a safe onward journey.”
• National Highways had advised drivers to “allow extra journey time” or to “re-route or even delay your journey”.
• The agency also previously told drivers heading southbound “to follow the solid diamond symbol on road signs”, while northbound users were “advised to follow the solid circle symbol”.