Road closures: almost a dozen for Bury drivers over the next fortnight

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

And six 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 11 closures are due to start over the next two weeks:

• M66, from 9pm August 7 to 3am August 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 2 lane closures due to maintenance works.

• M66, from 9pm August 9 to 5am August 10, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 southbound, junction 1 to junction 2 - lane closure for barriers.

• M60, from 8.30pm August 10 to 5am August 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 16 to junction 18 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• M66, from 8pm August 12 to 5am August 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 both directions, junction 2 to junction 4 - lane closure for litter clearance.

• M60, from 8.30pm August 12 to 5am August 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 18 to junction 17 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• M60, from 9pm August 14 to 5am August 16, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anticlockwise jct 17 - 19 lane closures and slip road closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 9pm August 15 to 5am September 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 19 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M60, from 8.30pm August 16 to 5am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 18 to junction 19 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• M60, from 9pm August 16 to 5am August 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, J18 to J19 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M60, from 9pm August 18 to 5am August 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anticlockwise jct 19 - 18 lane closures and slip road closures due to maintenance works.

• M62, from 9pm August 21 to 5am August 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, J19 to J18 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

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