Stratford-on-Avon road closures: five for motorists to avoid this week

Stratford-on-Avon's motorists will have five road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And one of them is expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing a holdup of between 10 and 30 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:

• M40, from 8am June 6 to 6am July 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M42 northbound and southbound, M42, junction 3 to M40, junction 16, Lane closure Switching for Construction improvement/Upgrade.

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

• A46, from 8pm July 13 to 6am July 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 Alcester Road, traffic signals for utility works on behalf of BT.

• A435, from 10pm July 13 to 6am July 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 16 to M42, junction 3 northbound, link road, Lane closure leading to a closure of the M40 north link to M42 north for road joint works.

• A46, from 11pm July 15 to 6am July 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 southbound, Kings Lane to Bishopton, Lane closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal on behalf of Kier.

• M42, from midnight, to 6am on July 19, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M42 southbound, J3A to J3, Lane closure for carriageway - Reconstruction/Renewal.

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