DRIVERS are facing congestion on the M74 this morning after a car broke down.

One lane is blocked and traffic has been queueing on the motorway northbound at junction 1A B763 Polmadie Road (Polmadie).

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Traffic Scotland raised the alarm with its Twitter users just after 7.15am.

The team wrote: “#M74 J1A Polmadie northbound - a broken down vehicle is blocking lane 3 of 3. #BeAware. TRISS and Police en route.”

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