Road closures: a dozen for Manchester drivers over the next fortnight

Drivers in and around Manchester will have 12 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And six of them 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 six closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• A5103, from 8.30pm August 21 to 5am September 13, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 both directions, junction 3 to junction 4 - carriageway closure for construction - bridge/structure.

• M56, from 9pm August 20 to 5am September 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 5 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• A5103, from 8pm July 31 to 5am September 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5103 both directions M56 to A5103 - lane closure for drainage.

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

• M56, from 9pm August 17 to 5am September 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, J5 to J5 - lane closure for signs - erection.

• A5103, from 9am August 18 to 6am October 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 3 to 4 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal on behalf of National Highways.

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

• A5103, from 9pm September 15 to 5am September 16, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 3 to junction 3 - carriageway closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M60, from 9pm September 16 to 5am September 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 19 entry slip road closure due to barrier works.

• M60, from 10pm September 18 to 6am September 19, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct one to 5 lane closures due to bridge inspections.

• A5103, from 10pm September 19 to 6am September 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct one to 5 lane closures and carriageway closures due to bridge inspections.

• M56, from 10pm September 20 to 6am September 21, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise jct four to 3 lane closures and carriageway closures due to bridge inspections.

• M56, from 10pm September 21 to 6am September 22, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise jct five to 2 lane closures and slip road closure due to inspections.

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