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 moderate delays – with motorists facing waits of between 10 and 30 minutes.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• 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 seven closures will begin over the next seven days:

• A627(M), from 8pm May 9 to 6am May 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A627M northbound and southbound, J1 to J4 - Lane closure for drainage.

• M60, from 8pm May 9 to 5am May 10, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 22 to 22 - Lane closure for inspection/survey.

• M60, from 8pm May 10 to 6am May 11, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise and anticlockwise, junction 22 lane closures due to inspections.

• M62, from 9.30am May 11 to 3pm May 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 22 to junction 21 - Lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 8pm May 15 to 6am May 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise J23 to J25 - Lane closure for Structure - maintenance.

• M62, from 9pm May 16 to 6am May 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 22 - 21 lane closures due to improvements.

• M60, from 8pm May 23 to 6am May 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise J24 to J22 - Lane closure for Structure - maintenance.

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