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 three of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

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

• M5, from 9pm September 23 to 6am September 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, jct seven to jct 10, carriageway closure for carriageway reconstruction/renewal.

• M6, from 9pm September 23 to 6am September 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, jct 10 to jct 7, Lane closures for barrier repairs.

• M5, from 8pm September 18 to 6am September 28, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, jct one to M6 southbound, jct eight link road, carriageway closure for inspection/survey works.

• A4123, from 9pm September 18 to 6am October 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions M6, junction 8 to M5, junction 3, lane closure switching for horticulture (cutting and planting) and litter picking.

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

• M6, from 9pm September 28 to 5am September 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 both directions, junction 7 to junction 9, rolling block for inspection works.

• M5, from 9pm October 9 to 6am October 17, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 both directions jct three to jct 4, lane and slip road closure for inspection works.

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