Road closures: more than a dozen for North Warwickshire drivers this week

Drivers in and around North Warwickshire will have 15 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And 10 of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing waits of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• A446, from 9pm December 11 to 5am December 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound, jct nine to jct 10, lane closure with carriageway and slip road closures for installation of a hard shoulder closure for HS2 works.

• M69, from 8pm September 12 to 6am December 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M69 both directions from M6 jct two to M69 jct one, lane closures with switching for barrier repairs.

• A4097, from 8pm January 9 2022 to 9pm January 9 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound and southbound, junctions nine to 10 (Coleshill to Lichfield), 24 hour lane closures and carriageway closures for HS2 bridge construction works.

• A4097, from 8pm May 23 2022 to 6am April 1 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound, junction 7 to junction 9, carriageway closures for carriageway resurfacing.

• 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.

• A5, from 9pm December 8 2021 to 5.30am September 30 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 westbound, hints bypass between the A453 and A38 junctions, (tamworth to lichfield), temporary speed, lane closures with switching and narrow lanes running for general construction works.

• A446, from 9pm February 21 2022 to 6am July 15 2024, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6, junction 4A to 4 southbound and junction 4 south exit slip, Lane closure leading to a slip road closure for bridge construction works for HS2.

• M42, from midnight, September 1 2022 to 6am October 1 2025, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M42 from, junction 7 to 9 northbound and southbound, Lane closure with Switching for Construction of HS2 Overbridge for major Scheme.

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

• A446, from 9.30am December 12 to 3.30pm December 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A446 nortbound, entry slip link road from A446/A452 biddles loop, lane closure for hs2 works.

• A446, from 11.59pm December 14 to 6am December 16, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 both directions jct 4A to jct 3A, lane closures with closure of M42 northbound, link road to M6 southbound, for principal structure inspections.

• A446, from 9pm December 15 to 5am December 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 northbound, jct nine to jct 10, Lane and carriageway closures for installation of temporary barrier.

• M6, from 9pm December 15 to 6am December 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound, junction 3 to junction 4, lane closure for barrier/fence safety repairs.

• A38, from 9pm December 18 to 5am December 19, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 southbound, jct 10 to jct 9, lane closure leading to a closure of main carriageway including slip roads for installation of temporary vehicle restraint system - HS2 works.

• A446, from 9pm December 19 to 5am December 21, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 southbound, jct 10 to jct 9, Lane and carriageway closures for installation of temporary barrier.

• A446, from 8pm December 23 2022 to 5am January 3 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M42 both directions between jct nine to jct 10 Coleshill to Lichfield, 24 hour lane and carriageway closures for installation of HS2 railway bridge.

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