TRAFFIC is building in Basildon due to an accident along Gardiners Lane.
The incident happened just before 3pm.
The A127 Southend Arterial Road in Basildon is partially blocked and there is queuing traffic eastbound around Mayflower Retail Park becasue of the accident.
The congestion goes back as far as Billericay.
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