Road closures: nine for Manchester drivers over the next fortnight

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

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

• M56, from 8.30pm July 2 to 5am July 5, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 3 to junction 1 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• 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 five closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• A5103, from 8.30pm July 5 to 5am July 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 4 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

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

• 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 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.

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