Road closures: eight for Sandwell drivers this week

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

And two of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

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

• M6, from 9pm November 9 to 6am November 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct six to jct seven, lane closures for inspections.

• M6, from 9pm November 13 to 6am November 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, link road to M6 southbound, jct seven, lane closure for drainage inspection works.

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

• M6, from 9pm November 14 to 6am November 19, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 both directions jct nine to jct 6, lane closures for communication works.

• M6, from 9pm November 15 to 6am November 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct eight to jct 8, Lane closure for technology 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.

• A4123, from 9pm November 17 to 6am November 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 southbound, jct one to jct two and jct two roundabout, lane and carriageway closure for electrical works.

• M5, from 11pm November 24 to 4am November 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 both directions jct two to jct 5, short stop activities for inspections.

• M6, from 8pm November 25 to 5am November 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, jct eight to jct seven , hard shoulder closure for communication works.

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