Road closures: eight for Manchester drivers over the next fortnight

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

And four of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups 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:

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• M56, from 8pm August 8 to 6am August 10, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, J6 to J4 - lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 8pm August 11 to 6am August 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J22 to J20 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

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