Road closures: eight for Salford drivers over the next fortnight

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

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

• M60, from 9pm June 19 to 6am August 5, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J15 to J13 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M60, from 9pm April 11 to 6am August 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M61 both directions M60 to M61 J3 - carriageway closure for inspection/survey.

And a further six closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• M60, from 8.30pm July 23 to 5am July 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 8 to junction 12 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• M60, from 8.30pm July 26 to 5am July 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions, junction 13 to junction 9 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

• M61, from 9pm July 26 to 5am July 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M61 northbound, jct three to 4 lane closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 8.30pm July 29 to 5am July 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anticlockwise jct nine - 14 lane closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 8.30pm July 31 to 5am August 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anticlockwise jct 12 - 14 lane closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance works.

• M60, from 9pm July 31 to 6am August 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M62 eastbound, J11 to J12 - carriageway closure for horticulture.

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