Road closures: nine for Bury drivers over the next fortnight

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

And they are all are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing waits of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

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

• M60, from 9pm May 2 to 6am June 3, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise jct 19 - 18 lane closures and slip road closures due to drainage.

• A56, from 8pm February 17 to 6am July 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A56 northbound and southbound, M66, junction 1 to Bent Gate - carriageway closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal.

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

• M66, from 8.30pm May 30 to 5am May 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 southbound, junction 1 to 2 - carriageway closure for inspection/survey.

• M66, from 9pm May 31 to 5am June 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, jct three - two lane closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 8pm June 1 to 5am June 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 16 entry slip road closure due to resurfacing.

• M60, from 9pm June 2 to 5am June 3, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 17 to 18 - carriageway closure for communications.

• M60, from 9pm June 5 to 5am June 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 17 - 18 - M66 northbound, jct three - two lane closures and carriageway closures.

• M60, from 9pm June 7 to 5am June 8, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 17 to 18 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

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

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