Tameside road closures: almost a dozen for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Tameside's motorists will have 10 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And four of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing holdups of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that six closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• M60, from 8pm July 2 to 6am July 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M67 eastbound, jct one - four lane closures due to bridge works.

• M67, from 8pm July 2 to 8pm August 18, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M67 eastbound and westbound, junction 1 - four lane closures due to bridge works.

• M60, from 8.30pm June 30 to 5am October 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M67 eastbound and westbound, junction 2 to junction 1 - Lane closure for Horticulture (Cutting and Planting).

• M67, from 9pm January 10 2023 to 5am February 26 2025, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M67 eastbound and westbound, J1a to J3 - carriageway closure for Structure - New/Reconstruction.

• M67, from 9pm August 29 2022 to 6am August 18 2025, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M67 eastbound and westbound, junction 1 - four lane closures and carriageway closures due to bridge works.

• M60, from 8pm March 27 2023 to 6am May 3 2026, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M67 eastbound and westbound, junction 1 - four lane closures and carriageway closures for Structure Reconstruction.

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

• M67, from 8pm July 3 to 6am July 4, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M67 westbound, jct three to 1a lane closures and carriageway closures due to bridge works.

• M60, from 8pm July 6 to 6am July 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M67 eastbound, Denton Island to junction 3 - M60 clockwise jct 24 lane closures and carriageway closures due to bridge works.

• M60, from 8pm July 10 to 6am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 both directions J21 to J25 - carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M60, from 8pm July 14 to 5am July 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct 24 - 25 lane closures due to maintenance.

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