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

Birmingham's motorists will have seven 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 one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• 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 six closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• A446, from 9pm September 4 to 6am September 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 both directions, junction 5 to junction 8 and jct six link roads from A38M, link road carriageway closures and lane closure for construction improvement/upgrade.

• A4123, from 9pm September 4 to 6am September 9, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, jct three to jct 2, carriageway closure for resurfacing works.

• A446, from 9pm September 5 to 6am September 9, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct five exit slip road and southbound, jct five entry slip road, Lane and slip road closures for electrical and signs works.

• A4123, from 9pm September 7 to 6am September 8, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 both directions jct three entry slip roads, slip road carriageway closures for structural inspections.

• M6, from 9pm September 7 to 6am September 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct four to jct and jct five northbound, exit slip road, lane closures and carriageway closure of jct five exit slip for electrical works.

• A446, from 9pm September 18 to 6am October 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions, junction 5 to junction 7, lane and slip road carriageway closure for technology works.

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