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

Manchester's motorists will have 11 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And four 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 five closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• M56, from 9pm July 9 to 5am July 10, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 4 to junction 3 - lane closure for barriers.

• A5103, from 8.30pm July 9 to 5am July 11, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and Anticlockwise jct five -7 - A5103 northbound, lane closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance.

• M60, from 9pm June 26 to 5am July 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise J20 to J19 - lane closure for drainage.

• 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.

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

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

• M60, from 8pm July 10 to 6am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J21 to J25 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M60, from 8pm July 14 to 5am July 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 24 - 25 lane closures due to maintenance.

• M60, from 8.30pm July 17 to 5am July 20, 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 23 to 5am July 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anti- clockwise, junction 6 -, junction 4 lane closure for barriers - temporary.

• M60, from 10pm July 24 to 5am July 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 3 lane closure due to railway bridge.

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