Birmingham road closures: nine for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

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

And three of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing waits 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:

• M5, from 9pm July 17 to 6am July 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct three to jct 4, lane closures for horticultural works.

• A446, from 9pm July 17 to 6am July 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions jct five to jct 8, Lane and slip road carriageway closures for drainage works.

• M6, from 5am July 12 to 6am August 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct 4a to jct five and jct five exit slip road, 24/7 hard shoulder closure and lane closure on slip road with 50mph speed limit for technology works.

• M6, from 9pm September 18 2019 to 6am December 31 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6, junction 6 BC link road, 24 hour hatched area for bridge repairs.

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

• M5, from 9pm July 24 to 6am July 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct one to M6 northbound, lane closure for barrier/fence safety repairs.

• M5, from 9pm July 26 to 6am July 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct three to jct two, lane closures for barrier/fence safety repairs.

• A446, from 9pm July 27 to 5am July 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct five to jct seven and A38M out of city link to M6 northbound, Lane closures and A38M link to M6 northbound, carriageway closure.

• A446, from 9pm July 31 to 5am August 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions jct four to jct nine and slip roads at M6 jct 6, Lane closures and slip road closures for technology works.

• M6, from 10pm July 31 to 6am August 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, junction 5 to 7 lane closures, various lane closures for patching works.

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