TRAFFIC is slow in the usual places this morning.

There is congestion on the M61 southbound between junction four for the A6 at Farnworth and junction one for the M60 at Little Lever.

Queues are also building on the M60 anti-clockwise between junction 16 for St Peter’s Way and junction 14 for the M61 at the East Lancs Road.

The roadworks in Tonge Moor Road either side of the crossroads with Crompton Way are still in place until tomorrow, with one lane closed.

Today also marks the last day of temporary traffic lights on the A666 between Halliwell Road and Prospect Street, near Wynsors Shoes.

And, as most people are aware, Orlando Street is still closed both ways – the stretch of road over the railway line between Manchester Road and Thynne Street – due to bridge maintenance work. It will remain shut until March next year.

And if you are travelling towards Salford Quays, be warned there is very slow traffic on Trafford Road in Salford around The Quays junction.