Road closures: almost two dozen for Solihull drivers this week

Drivers in and around Solihull will have 20 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And 10 of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing holdups of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that 17 closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• M6, from 9pm March 26 to 6am March 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct 4a to jct 5, lane closures for barrier repairs.

• M42, from 8pm March 18 to 6am March 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 both directions, junction 4 to junction 7, Lane and carriageway closure for construction improvement/upgrade Narrow Lane Installation.

• M6, from 9pm March 20 to 6am April 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, jct four to jct 5, lane closure for resurfacing works.

• M42, from 8pm March 18 to 6am April 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M42 both directions, junction 4 to junction 7, Lane closures for construction improvement/upgrade, installation of temporary barriers.

• M6, from midnight, March 20 to 11.59pm April 11, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 northbound, turn around point jct 5, carriageway closure for carriageway improvements.

• A46, from midnight, January 4 2022 to 6am April 29 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound and southbound, stoneleigh, short duration mobile working for narrow lanes TM maintenance using IPV and TM vehicle.

• A46, from 6am September 7 2021 to 11.59pm April 29 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound and southbound, Stoneleigh, Narrow lanes and speed restriction for construction of new bridge.

• A446, from 10pm November 25 2022 to 5am May 20 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound, link road from M6 jct 4A to M42 jct 8, closure of link roads for carriageway and traffic management maintenance works for HS2.

• M42, from 9pm March 14 2022 to 6am July 1 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound and southbound, junction 4 to junction 5, 24 hour narrow lanes and speed restrictions for technology works.

• A45, from 9pm August 23 2021 to 5am July 26 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 southbound, junction 9 to M6 northbound, link road, Lane closure and link road closure for HS2 scheme work.

• A46, from 9.30am March 28 2022 to 4pm July 31 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 both directions stoneleigh junction, lane closures and temporary speed limit for new bridge construction.

• M42, from midnight, January 31 2022 to 11.59pm January 31 2024, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42, junction 5 to junction 7, northbound and southbound, various lane closures and slip road closures with temporary speed limits for new underpass construction.

• A45, from 9am August 29 2022 to 11pm February 29 2024, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 / M42, junction 6 roundabout and approaches, traffic signals on roundabout for underpass construction works.

• M40, from 9pm January 9 2023 to 6am April 10 2024, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound and southbound, M42, junction 2 to M42, junction 5 and M42, junction 3A to M40, junction 15, 24/7 Lane three closure, narrow lanes and hard shoulder running with 50mph speed limit for Installation of central reserve concrete barrier, new technology, surfacing and road markings, and emergency refuge areas.

• M42, from 9pm March 23 2023 to 6am April 10 2024, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M42 both directions jct four entry slips, 24 hour lane closure for central reservation works.

• M6, from midnight, August 15 2022 to 6am July 15 2024, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 southbound, junction 4A to 4 southbound and junction 4 south exit slip, lane closure for bridge construction works for HS2.

• A446, from 9.30pm September 21 2020 to 6am July 1 2025, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6, junction 4a to M42, junction 9 northbound and southbound, lane and carriageway closures for construction of overbridge for HS2.

And a further three closures will begin over the next seven days:

• A46, from midnight, March 27 2023 to 6am December 1 2024, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A46 from Leamington Road to Festival Island northbound and southbound, Contraflow with speed restriction in place for Viaduct Bridge Beams installation works for major Scheme.

• A45, from 8am March 27 to 6pm April 21, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A45 eastbound, Eastway loop and slip road towards A45 Stonebridge, 24/7 lane closure, closing loop and Eastway for HS2 utilities works.

• A45, from 9pm March 27 to 5am May 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A45 eastbound, Stonebridge roundabout to M42 jct six roundabout, lane closure, closing loop to Eastway for HS2 utilities works.

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