Drivers received some good news this morning when the M20 reopened a day earlier than planned.

Highways England said work to install a bridge for the new Junction 10a had been completed 27 ahead of schedule.

It had earlier warned a stretch of the motorway near Ashford would be closed all weekend.

Long delays were experienced earlier in the month when the same stretch of road was closed..

Drivers found themselves stuck at temporary traffic lights installed outside a new Taylor Wimpey housing development.

Junction 10a project manager Tom Selby says Highways England had listened to concerns raised during the weekend of January 12 and 13.

He said developers "should be relaxing" the temporary lights for the closure, allowing for the west gyratory bridge to be put in.

The east and west bridges will form the two sides of the new junction roundabout, carrying traffic over the motorway.