Road closures: eight for Birmingham drivers this week

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

And one of them is expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing a holdup of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• 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.

• 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 seven days:

• M6, from 9.30pm January 31 to 5.30am February 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct five to jct six, lane closures for inspection survey works.

• M6, from 9pm February 1 to 6am February 2, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct six to jct seven, lane closures for survey works.

• A38(M), from 9pm February 6 to 6am February 11, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions onto A38M into and out of City, lane and carriageway closures for carriageway repairs.

• M5, from 9pm February 7 to 5am February 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, jct two to jct one, lane closure for sign repairs.

• A4123, from 8pm February 9 to 5am February 10, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 1 to junction 3, lane closures for technology repairs.

• M6, from 9pm February 13 to 6am February 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, junction 8 to junction 6 and M5 northbound, link to M6 southbound, lane closures for inspection and survey.

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