Bolton road closures: three for motorists to avoid this week

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

And one of them is expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing a holdup 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:

• M61, from 9pm May 21 to 6am May 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 2 - four lane closures due to maintenance works.

And a further two closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M60, from 9pm May 23 to 5am May 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 3 to junction 1 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M61, from 8pm June 5 to 5am June 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound, J6 to J8 - lane closure for structure - new/reconstruction.

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