Road closures: a dozen for Salford drivers this week

Drivers in and around Salford will have 12 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And eight of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing waits 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:

• M62, from 8pm February 18 to 5am February 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 10 to junction 12 - Lane closure for drainage.

• A556, from 8pm February 13 to 6am March 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 9 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• M60, from 9pm February 25 to 5am March 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise jct 13 to 9 lane closure and slip road closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance.

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

• M60, from 8pm February 27 to 6am March 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 northbound and southbound, junction 3 to M60 - Lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 11pm February 28 to 6am March 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 13 to jct 14 lane closures for electrical works.

• M60, from 8pm March 1 to 5am March 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 13 to junction 12 - Lane closure for Structure - maintenance.

• M60, from 11pm March 2 to 6am March 3, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 anticlockwise, junction 16 to 15 lane closures and slip road closure for electrical works.

• M61, from 8pm March 3 to 5am March 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 southbound, J3 to J1 - lane closure for barriers.

• M61, from 10pm March 4 to 10am March 5, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61, junction 3 - A666 northbound and southbound, carriageway closure due to maintenance works.

• M61, from 8pm March 6 to 6am March 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 both directions M60 to junction 3 - lane closure for communications.

• M60, from 9pm March 6 to 5am March 8, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 10 - 12 lane closures and slip road closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 9pm March 8 to 5am March 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise, junction 9 to 12 lane closure and slip road closures due to general maintenance works.

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