Road closures: six for Sandwell drivers over the next fortnight

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

And five 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:

• A4123, from 9pm August 3 to 6am August 7, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 southbound, jct one to jct 2, carriageway closure and lane closures for carriageway reconstruction/renewal works.

• 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.

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

• M6, from 9pm August 12 to 6am August 13, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, junction 8 to junction 9, lane closures for carriageway reconstruction/renewal.

• M5, from 9pm August 14 to 6am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 southbound, jct eight to jct six and jct seven southbound, entry slip road, slip road carriageway closure and lane closures with single lane running for drainage works.

• M5, from 9pm August 17 to 6am August 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 southbound, M6, junction 9 to M5, junction 1, carriageway closure for barriers - permanent.

• M5, from 9pm August 21 to 6am September 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 southbound, link from M6 northbound, jct 8, and M6 northbound, jct seven entry slip road, Lane closures, slip and link road carriageway closures road marking works.

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