A vehicle reversing the wrong way on the M48 may have been the reason for today’s lane closures, according to National Highways.

Today (June 6) at approximately 11.15am, National Highways reported that all lanes were closed on the M48 Westbound at Junction 1 due to ‘road management.’

In an update to The Forest Review, National Highways said: “This restriction may have been owing to a vehicle reversing the wrong way on the motorway.”

We have been told the lanes remain closed and the official live status is still due to “road management”.

Gwent Police said: “We received a report of a vehicle reversing down the off slip by the Old Severn Bridge on the M48 at around 11.45am on Saturday, June 6. Officers pulled the vehicle over and issued a traffic offence report to the driver.”