Road closures: five for Sandwell drivers over the next fortnight

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

And two 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:

• M5, from 9pm July 17 to 6am July 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct three to jct 4, lane closures for horticultural works.

And a further four closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• A4123, from 8pm July 24 to 6am August 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 borth directions jct one to jct 3, Lane and carriageway closures for signage upgrades.

• M5, from 9pm July 24 to 6am July 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct one to M6 northbound, lane closure for barrier/fence safety repairs.

• M5, from 11pm July 29 to 8am July 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 2 to junction 1, lane closure for inspection/survey.

• M5, from 9pm July 30 to 6am August 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, junction 8 to jct nine, carriageway closure for carriageway repairs.

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