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 four 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 five closures are due to start this week:

• M6, from 9pm May 9 to 6am May 18, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, junction 9 to junction 6 including M5 northbound to M6 southbound, link road, lane closures for construction improvement/upgrade.

• M5, from 9pm May 12 to 6am May 13, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, jct one to M6 southbound, jct 8, Lane and carriageway closure for communications installation of CCTV.

• M5, from 9pm May 15 to 6am May 16, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 southbound, junction 7 to junction 6, carriageway closure for cctv installation.

• M6, from 9pm May 16 to 6am May 17, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 southbound, from M6 northbound, jct eight to M5 link road, Lane and carriageway closures for drainage works.

• A4123, from 9pm May 21 to 6am June 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions jct six to jct 8, Lane and carriageway closures for installation of narrow lane.

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