Road closures: a dozen for Trafford drivers this week

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

And six of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists 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:

• A5103, from 8pm September 2 to 6am September 19, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, J5 to J8 - carriageway closure for Construction improvement/Upgrade.

• A556, from 8pm September 14 to 6am October 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 10 to junction 6 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• M56, from 5am November 14 2020 to 11pm October 31 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, junction 8 to 5 narrow lanes with contraflow and perm lane closure, due to improvement works.

• M56, from 5am October 6 2021 to 6am November 2 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 8 to 5 narrow lanes due to improvement works.

• A5103, from 8pm August 15 to 5am November 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A5103 northbound, Palatine Rd to M60 clockwise, junction 5 - Lane closure for barrier/Fence Safety Repairs.

• M56, from 4.36pm January 13 2020 to 6am January 1 2025, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): No closures allowed unless 5k away between, junction 8 and M60 both directions.

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

• A5103, from 8pm September 19 to 6am October 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 5 to 8 carriageway closure due to improvement works.

• A5103, from 9pm September 21 to 6am September 23, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 6 slip road closure due to inspections/survey.

• M56, from 8pm September 22 to 7am October 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 3 a to 8 lane closures due to improvement works.

• A556, from 8pm September 22 to 7am October 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 7 to 5 lane closures due to improvement works.

• M60, from 8.30pm September 25 to 5am September 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Clock and anticlockwise, junction 5 - eight Lane closures with switching due to general maintenance works.

• M60, from 8.30pm September 27 to 5am September 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise and Anticlockwise, junction 6 to 10 lane 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.