M602 LIVE updates: All traffic STOPPED 'due to people in the road'

All traffic has been stopped on a stretch of the M602 motorway this morning.

According to traffic alert service Inrix, this is 'due to people in the road'. Traffic is being held on the eastbound side of the M602.

It is stopped between junction one for the Eccles Interchange and junction two for Trafford Park. Queues are building up to the closure.

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Traffic is now easing off in the area.

We will end our live coverage here.

All lanes have been reopened now on the eastbound side of the M602.

Traffic was held for around 20 minutes.

Some queues remain up to the previous closure.

The closure on the M602 is causing tailbacks of traffic onto the M60 near Eccles.

All traffic has been stopped on the eastbound side of the M602.

It is blocked between J1 and J2.