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

Birmingham's motorists will have six 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 holdups 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 five closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• M5, from 9pm June 26 to 6am July 15, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct five to jct eight and M5 northbound to M6 southbound, link and junction 7 southbound, slip roads, Lane and slip road carriageway closures for technology works.

• M6, from 9pm June 28 to 6am July 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct four to jct 5, lane closures and carriageway closure of jct five exit slip for resurfacing works.

• M6, from 9pm July 3 to 6am July 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct four to jct 5, lane closures and full closure of jct five exit slip for barrier repairs.

• A446, from 9pm July 7 to 6am July 8, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A38M out of city to M6 northbound, link jct 6, Lane and link road carriageway closures for technology works.

• A4097, from 9pm July 10 to 6am July 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct four to jct six Including links from M42 both directions onto The M6 northbound, Lane, carriageway and link road closures for removal of narrow lanes.

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