A broken down HGV has blocked one lane on the A406 Southend Road this morning.

Traffic up to Charlie Brown’s roundabout at South Woodford is beginning to clear after the vehicle broke down at Hale End Road.

There was also heavy traffic from J5 (Loughton) to the A406 (North Circular Road).

TfL Traffic News tweeted earlier: “A406 Southend Road at Hale End Rd, there was a broken down HGV blocking a lane. Residual traffic to Charlie Brown’s is clearing.”