Road closures: almost a dozen for Bury drivers this week

Drivers in and around Bury will have 10 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And eight of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

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

• A56, from 9pm November 7 to 6am December 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A56 northbound and southbound, M66, junction 1 to Bent Gate - carriageway closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal.

• A56, from 9pm October 17 to 6am December 23, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A56 northbound and southbound, M66 j1 to Bent Gate - carriageway closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal.

• M60, from 9pm October 24 2022 to 6am February 11 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise, junction 17 to junction 18 - Lane closure for inspection/survey.

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

• M60, from 9pm December 5 to 6am December 9, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 3 to 4 - lane closure and slip road closures for drainage.

• A56, from 8pm December 11 to 5am December 19, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 southbound, jct 0 to 1 lane closure for structures.

• A56, from 9pm December 12 to 5am December 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 0 - two lane closure carriageway closure due to maintenance works.

• M62, from 8.30pm December 14 to 5am December 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 southbound, junction 2 to 4 lane closure and carriageway closures due to communications.

• A56, from 9pm December 16 to 5am December 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 0 - two lane closure carriageway closure due to maintenance works.

• M66, from 9pm December 18 to 5am December 19, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 4 - two lane closure carriageway closure due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 9pm December 19 to 5am December 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 southbound, junction 1 to junction 3 - carriageway 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.