Trafford road closures: six for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

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

And one of them is expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• M56, from 8pm October 21 to 6am October 23, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 both directions J3A to J8 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

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

• A556, from 7am October 23 to 5pm October 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M56 northbound, J7 to J7 - hard shoulder only for barriers - permanent.

• A556, from 8pm October 23 to 6am October 28, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 both directions J3A to J8 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M60, from 9pm October 23 to 5am October 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 Anticlockwise, junction 9 exit slip road Lane one closure due to works on Parkway for TfGM.

• M60, from 11pm October 26 to 4am October 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anticlockwise, junction 10 exit slip road Lane four closure due to works on Redclyffe Circle by TfGM.

• M60, from 11pm November 1 to 6am November 2, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 clockwise J9 to J11 - lane closure for construction - bridge/structure.

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