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 drivers will be able to take some solace in the fact that both 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 one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• M5, from 9pm December 1 to 5am December 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct one to jct 2, lane closures for urgent drainage works.

And one more closure will begin over the next seven days:

• M5, from 9pm December 5 to 6am December 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions jct one to jct 5, lane closures with switching for maintenance work.

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