A broken down vehicle is blocking one lane on the A12.
Traffic is building on the Londonbound carriageway between junction 20 at Hatfield Peverel and junction 19 at the Boreham Interchange.
It was first reported just before 9am.
Update: The vehicle has now been removed.
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