Sandwell road closures: four for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Sandwell's motorists will have four road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And one of them is expected to cause severe delays – with drivers facing a holdup of at least 30 minutes.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that four closures are due to start over the next two weeks:

• A4123, from 9pm January 22 to 6am January 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 2, Lane closures for survey works.

• M5, from 10pm January 22 2024 to 5am January 7 2025, severe delays (more than 30 minutes): M6 northbound and southbound, junction 7 to junction 10, carriageway and slip road closures for carriageway resurfacing, diversion route via National Highways and local authority network.

• M5, from 9pm January 26 to 6am January 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 3 to junction 2, Lane closures for maintenance works.

• M6, from 9pm January 29 to 6am January 31, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, junction 6 to junction 7, exit and entry slip road closure and lane closure for maintenance works, diversion via National Highways and local authority network.

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