Road closures: almost a dozen for Bolton drivers this week

Drivers in and around Bolton will have 11 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

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

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

• M61, from 9pm September 4 to 5am September 5, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 6 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M60, from 8pm June 28 to 6am November 23, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 1 - nine - Lane closure for communications.

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

• M61, from 9pm September 5 to 5am September 6, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 northbound, junction 5 to junction 6 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M60, from 8pm September 6 to 6am September 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 3 to junction 1 - carriageway closure for communications.

• M61, from 9pm September 6 to 5am September 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 6 to junction - Lane closure for Horticulture (Cutting and Planting).

• M61, from 9pm September 7 to 5am September 8, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 northbound, junction 3 to junction 4 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M60, from 9pm September 8 to 5am September 9, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 5 to junction 4 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M6, from 8pm September 9 to 7am September 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): EMBARGO - NO TOTAL CLOSURE ALLOWED ON MAINLINE, M61 southbound, (Full Length) - M60 Anticlockwise, junction 15 - five - M6 southbound, junction 30 - 20 - M62 eastbound, junction 10. 12 - due to 2 x full weekend closures over the weekend on M6 Juction 33 - 32 and M56, junction 9 to 5 and will be utilising the M61/M60 as the diversion Route.

• M61, from 9pm September 9 to 5am September 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 5 to junction 4 - Lane closure for Horticulture.

• M61, from 9pm September 10 to 6am September 11, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 2 - four lane closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 9pm September 12 to 5am September 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 southbound, junction 3 to junction 1 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

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