Sandwell road closures: two for motorists to avoid this week

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

But the news isn't too bad, with both of them only expected to cause slight delays, of less than 10 minutes.

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

• M6, from 9pm October 3 to 6am October 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, jct seven to jct six and Eastern Arm north to M6 southbound, Lane closures for inspection/survey.

• M5, from 8pm October 10 to 6am October 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 1, closure of northbound, exit slip and southbound, entry slip closed for utility works on behalf of Western Power.

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