Trafford road closures: eight for motorists to avoid this week

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

And four of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• A5103, from 8pm October 15 to 6am November 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 10 to junction 6 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• A556, from 8pm October 26 to 6am December 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 eastbound and westbound, J3A to J8 - Lane closure for improvement works.

• A5103, from 8pm August 15 2022 to 5am January 28 2023, 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 four closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M60, from 9.30am November 28 to 3.30pm December 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise jct six - seven CD link lane closures due to electrical works.

• M62, from 10pm November 29 to 6am November 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, jct 12 to jct 10 - lane closures for electrical works.

• A556, from 8pm November 30 to 6am December 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 9 to junction 5 - carriageway closure for Electrical works.

• M60, from 11pm December 5 to 6am December 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise J9 to J11 - Lane closure for inspection/survey.

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