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🐌 Heavy traffic on the M56 at M56, Stoak, Cheshire West and Chester
Slow traffic, added on approx extra 30 mins to a 30 min journey
- Road
- M56
- Where
- M56, Stoak, Cheshire West and Chester
- Direction
- Northbound
- Reported
- 2 August 2026 at 18:13
- Cleared
- 2 August 2026 at 19:24
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