There are delays on the A12 after a tyre is blocking a lane of the carriageway (Image: Google Maps)
There are long delays on the A12 near Marks Tey this morning due to a tyre blocking a lane.
The tyre is currently blocking the outside lane of the London bound carriageway.
Tweeting about the delays, Essex County Council wrote: "Debris in the carriageway (tyre) in the outside lane between junction 24 at Kelvedon and junction 25 at Marks Tey."
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