Rochdale road closures: almost a dozen for motorists to avoid this week

Rochdale's motorists will have 11 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network 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 eight closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• A627(M), from 8.30pm September 18 to 5am September 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A627M eastbound and westbound, J2 to J2 - Lane closure for barriers - Permanent on behalf of Amey.

• M62, from 8pm August 1 to 5am September 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, j21 to j20 - Lane closure for drainage.

• A627(M), from 8pm July 9 to 6am September 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M62 eastbound, j20 to j21 - carriageway closure for inspection/survey.

• M62, from 8pm September 6 to 6am September 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, J18 to J20 - Lane closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal.

• M60, from 5am March 12 to 5am October 11, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 20 - 21 Permanent narrow lanes due to barrier works.

• M60, from 8pm March 14 to 5am October 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 18 - 21 Lane closures for barrier Scheme works.

• M62, from 8pm September 1 to 6am October 31, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, J18 to J21 - Lane closure for Construction - Bridge/Structure.

• M62, from 9pm February 16 2021 to 6am November 30 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62, junction 19 eastbound, exit slip Lane one closed due to construction of a new road.

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

• A627(M), from 8.30pm September 20 to 5am September 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A627M northbound and southbound, J3 to j2 - Lane closure for barriers.

• M62, from 9pm September 25 to 6am September 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 20 to 19 - Lane closure for inspection/survey.

• A627(M), from 11pm October 3 to 6am October 4, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 19 to 18 - Lane closure for communications.

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