Sandwell road closures: three for motorists to avoid this week

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

But drivers will be able to take some solace in the fact that all of them are only expected to cause slight delays, of less than 10 minutes.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that three closures are due to start this week:

• M5, from 9pm September 5 to 6am September 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 2 to junction 4, M5 southbound, junction 4 to junction 2, mobile hard shoulder and lane one closures for inspection/survey.

• M6, from 9pm September 5 to 6am September 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 both directions jct eight to jct nine, lane closures for barrier repairs.

• M6, from 9pm September 19 to 6am September 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct six to junction 7 aRoad, lane closure for inspection/survey works.

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