Road closures: eight for Oldham drivers this week

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

And two of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

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

• A663, from 9.30am April 12 to 3.30pm April 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A663 northbound, from, junction with A669 to B6189 on footway with some carriageway incursion outside No. 278 due to urgent works by Electricity North West.

• A627(M), from 7am March 12 to 5pm April 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A663 northbound, from Foxdenton to A627M lane closure for carriageway Reconstruction.

• A627(M), from 9pm March 28 to 5am May 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A663 northbound, from Middleton Road to A627M carriageway closure for Sign Erection.

And a further five closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M60, from 8pm April 22 to 6am April 23, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise J23 to J25 - Lane closure for Structure - maintenance.

• A663, from 9am April 23 to 5pm April 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A663 northbound and southbound, Moston Lane East to Mough Lane - Lane closure due to barrier repairs.

• M60, from 9pm April 25 to 5am April 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise, junction 20 to junction 23 - carriageway closure for maintenance works.

• A663, from 8.30pm April 27 to 5am April 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A663 northbound and southbound, Broadgate to Foxdenton Lane - Lane closure for Horticulture (Cutting and Planting).

• M62, from 9pm April 28 to 6am April 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 21 - 22 lane closures due to improvements.

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