Road closures: almost a dozen for Birmingham drivers this week

Drivers in and around Birmingham will have 11 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And three of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• A38, from 9pm October 25 to 6am November 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions M6 jct eight to the M5 jct 5, Lane closures switching for maintenance repairs.

• M6, from 9pm September 18 2019 to 6am December 31 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6, junction 6 BC link road, 24 hour hatched area for bridge repairs.

• A5, from 9pm December 8 2021 to 5.30am September 30 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 westbound, hints bypass between the A453 and A38 junctions, (tamworth to lichfield), temporary speed, lane closures with switching and narrow lanes running for general construction works.

And a further eight closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M6, from 9pm November 7 to 6am November 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, junction 7 to junction 6, Lane closures for inspection/survey.

• M5, from 9pm November 9 to 6am November 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, jct three to jct 2, lane closure for sound fence repair.

• M5, from 9pm November 9 to 6am November 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct six to jct seven and M6 northbound, jct seven exit slip road, Lane closure and slip road carriageway closure for drainage inspect works.

• M5, from 9pm November 10 to 6am November 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct six to jct seven, lane closure and closure of jct seven exit slip road for drainage surveys.

• M6, from 9pm November 12 to 6am November 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct seven, closure of entry slip road for survey works.

• A446, from 9pm November 14 to 6am November 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct five to jct six, lane closure for inspection/survey works.

• M5, from 9pm November 17 to 6am November 18, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 southbound, junction 0 to, junction 2, lane closure for drainage works.

• A456, from 10.30pm November 19 to 5am November 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A435 / M5, junction 3 roundabout and jct three southbound, exit slip road, Lane closures on slip road and roundabout to support off network closures on A435 Quinton Expressway for Tree works.

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