Rochdale road closures: nine for motorists to avoid this week

Rochdale's motorists will have nine road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

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

• M66, from 9pm February 17 to 5am February 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M66 both directions J3 to J2 - lane closure for barriers - permanent.

• A627(M), from 9pm January 16 to 6am March 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct 21 - 22 lane closures due to resurfacing schemes.

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

• M62, from 8pm February 22 to 5am February 23, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 20 - 19 lane closures for structure works.

• M62, from 8pm February 23 to 6am February 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 23 to junction 22, Lane closure for barrier repair.

• M62, from 8pm February 23 to 5am February 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, J19 to J20 - lane closure for structure - maintenance.

• M60, from 8pm February 27 to 6am March 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M62 westbound, J19 to J19 - carriageway closure for inspection/survey.

• M62, from 8.30pm February 27 to 5am March 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 21 to junction 20 - lane closure for horticulture.

• M62, from 9pm February 27 to 6am March 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 19 - 22 lane closures due to improvements.

• M60, from 9pm February 27 to 5am March 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise, junction 18 to 20 - carriageway 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.