Road closures: almost a dozen for Trafford drivers this week

Drivers in and around Trafford will have 10 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And eight of them are expected to cause delays 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:

• A556, from 8pm March 11 to 6am March 13, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 9 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• A5103, from 8pm February 27 to 6am March 17, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 5 to 8 carriageway closure due to improvement works.

• M56, from 8pm February 6 to 6am March 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, J3a to J5 - Lane closure for barrier/Fence Safety Repairs.

• M56, from 8pm February 18 to 6am March 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, jct six - three lane closures due to barrier scheme.

• M56, from 8pm March 6 to 6am April 6, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, junction 9 to junction 3 - lane closures due to improvements.

• 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 four closures will begin over the next seven days:

• A556, from 8pm March 13 to 6am March 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 9 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• M60, from 9pm March 15 to 8am March 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M602 eastbound and westbound, junction 1 - three lane closures and carriageway closures due to maintenance works.

• A5103, from 8pm March 18 to 6am March 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 5 to 8 carriageway closure due to improvement works.

• M56, from 8pm March 22 to 6am April 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, J3A to J8 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

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