IMAGINE there was no traffic. It’s easy if you try. Just empty roads ahead of us. Get home in double quick time.

Sadly, we can’t live in our imaginations and instead have to negotiate the region’s roads as we battle to get home.

To avoid those traffic jams, why not use our helpful travel page? A quick look around the Black Country and North Worcestershire has thrown up the following hot spots:

*A4101 Summer Hill, Kingswinford. There is Stop-start traffic on A4101 Summer Hill Eastbound between A491 High Street and Pensnett Road, where roadworks are being carried out.

*A451 Dunley Road, Areley Kings. Roadworks and temporary traffic lights on A451 Dunley Road at Heightington Place.

*A4099 Coombs Road (Furnace Hill), Halesowen. Lane closed due to roadworks on A4099 Coombs Road (Furnace Hill) at A459 Dudley Road.

*A448 Kidderminster Road, Dodford, Bromsgrove. Roadworks and temporary traffic lights on A448 Kidderminster Road at Fockbury Road/Bungay Lake Lane. Expect delays.

To find out what’s happening on the roads in your area, visit our page here. You can tailor the search to suit your journeys.