Manchester road closures: a dozen for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Manchester's motorists will have 12 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And four of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing waits of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• A5103, from 8pm June 8 to 6am July 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise jct nine - five lane closures and slip road closures due to resurfacing.

• M60, from 8.30pm July 17 to 5am August 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 18 to junction 21 - lane closure for drainage.

• M56, from 8pm July 19 to 5am August 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 westbound, M60A to M56 - lane closure for drainage.

• M60, from 8pm July 10 to 6am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J15 to J25 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• A5103, from 9pm June 1 to 5am August 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J24 to J8 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

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

• M60, from 10pm July 24 to 6am July 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 3 lane closure due to railway bridge.

• M60, from 10pm July 25 to 6am July 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 3 lane closure due to railway bridge.

• M60, from 10pm July 26 to 6am July 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 4 exit lane closure due to railway bridge.

• M60, from 8pm July 27 to 5am July 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 both directions J20 to J21 - lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 10pm July 27 to 6am July 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 4 exit slip road lane closure due to bridge works.

• M56, from 8pm July 28 to 7am September 4, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, link road closure to A34 northbound, due to gas works.

• M60, from 8pm July 31 to 5am August 2, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 24 - 25 lane closures due to maintenance.

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