Manchester road closures this week: roadworks round-up for January 2022

A round-up of closures and road works to help you plan your journey in Greater Manchester in January 2022.
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Drivers in and around Manchester will have a number of National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And 13 of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing waits of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that eight closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

M56, from 8pm December 15 2020 to 6am January 15 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 5 exit slip lane one closed due to general maintenance.

M60, from 5am December 6 2021 to 6am March 1 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 3 to A34 southbound, lane closures due to barrier repairs.

M60, from 8pm December 20 2021 to 5am April 9 2022, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 5 to 3 lane closures and slip road closure due to barrier repairs.

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M56, from 8.30pm December 13 2021 to 6am April 9 2022, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 2 - three lane closures and slip road closures due to barrier repairs.

A5103, from 9pm January 1 to 11pm May 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): Manchester City Embargo - two hours before game.

A5103, from midday, January 1 to 11pm May 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): Manchester City Embargo = two hours after game.

And further new closures which started this week are:

M60, from 8am January 4 to 6am January 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 18 - 20 lane closures and slip road closures due to sign works.

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M60, from 9pm January 5 to 5am January 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 20 - 18 - Lane closure for barriers.

M60, from 11pm January 6 to 5am January 11, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise, junction 9 - six lane closures and slip road closures due to sign works.

M60, from 8pm January 10 to 6am January 13, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise, junction 19 - 18 lane closures and slip road closures due to sign works.

A5103, from 9pm January 11 to 6am January 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 6 - three - A5103 southbound, M60 - Palatine Road lane closure and carriageway closures due to bridge works.

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M56, from 7am to 9am on January 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 4 exit slip road closure due to traffic light repair.

A5103, from 8pm January 17 to 5am January 18, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5013 southbound, Pallantine Road to M56 hard shoulder and lane one closure due to structure maintenance.

A5103, from 8pm January 17 to 5am January 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 2 - four lane closures due to sign erection.

A5103, from 9pm January 17 to 6am January 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 6 - three - A5103 southbound, M60 - Palatine Road lane closure and carriageway closures due to bridge works.

National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included in their schedule.