Bolton road closures: six for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Bolton's motorists will have six road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And three of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• A580, from 9pm July 10 to 6am July 17, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 North and southbound, junction 21A - 26 lane closures and carriageway closures due to improvement works.

And a further five closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• A580, from 9pm July 17 to 6am July 24, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 North and southbound, junction 21A - 26 lane closures and carriageway closures due to improvement works.

• M60, from 9pm July 17 to 5am July 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 2 to junction 1 - carriageway closure for barriers.

• A580, from 9pm July 24 to 6am July 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 North and southbound, junction 21A - 26 lane closures and carriageway closures due to improvement works.

• M61, from 9pm July 26 to 5am July 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound, jct three to 4 lane closures due to maintenance works.

• M61, from 8pm July 28 to 5am July 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound, junction 4 to 5 - lane closure for horticulture (cutting and planting).

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