Road closures: seven for Bury drivers over the next fortnight

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

And six of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

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

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

• M66, from 8pm August 30 to 5am August 31, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 northbound, junction 2 to junction 1 - lane closure for signs - erection.

• M60, from 9pm August 30 to 5am August 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 17 to junction 18 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M60, from 9pm August 31 to 5am September 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 15 to junction 17 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M60, from 8pm September 2 to 6am September 3, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise J19 to M66 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M60, from 9pm September 11 to 6am September 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound, jct four to 3 - M60 lane closures and carriageway closures due to resurfacing.

• A56, from 9pm September 11 to 5am September 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M66 northbound and southbound, junction 1 to bent gate - 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.