Road closures: five for Sandwell drivers this week

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

And three 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 three closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• M6, from 9pm April 8 to 6am April 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound to M5 southbound, junction 9 to junction 8, lane closures for inspection/survey.

• M6, from 10pm March 23 to 6am April 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6, junction 7, northbound and southbound, lane closure and slip road closures for street lighting repairs and replacements.

• M5, from 10pm March 26 to 6am April 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound and southbound, from, junction 1 to junction 2, carriageway closure southbound and lane closure northbound, for bridge repair works.

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

• M5, from 10pm April 19 to 6am April 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 3 to 2, Lane closure leading to a closure of, junction 2 northbound, exit slip road for Electrical works.

• M5, from 9pm April 25 to 6am April 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 3 to junction 1, Lane closures with single lane running for inspection/survey of the carriageway.

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