Road closures: seven for Trafford drivers this week

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

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

• 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.

• A556, from 8pm March 26 to 6am March 28, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 9 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• A5103, from 8pm March 23 to 5am April 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct six lane closures for sign erection.

• 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.

• M56, from 5am January 12 to 11pm April 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 both directions J8 to J5 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• 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.

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