Warwick road closures: more than a dozen for motorists to avoid this week

Warwick's motorists will have 17 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And two of them are expected to cause severe delays – with drivers facing holdups of at least 30 minutes. Another six will cause moderate delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that 13 closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• A46, from 9.30am March 28 to 4pm April 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound, stoneleigh junction, lane closure and temporary speed limit for new bridge construction.

• A46, from 8pm March 18 to 6am April 22, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A46 Sherbourne / M40 J15 diverge link roads to M40 J15 roundabout southbound, carriageway closure 24/7 for carriageway reconstruction works.

• A46, from 8pm April 1 to 6am April 25, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A46 southbound, leekwooton, 24/7 weekend carriageway closures with lane closures on roundabout for resurfacing works.

• A45, from 8pm April 16 2021 to 6am April 27 2022, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A45/A46 Festival roundabout and slip roads, Partial island and slip closures for footbridge works.

• A46, from 9.30am April 1 to 4pm April 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 southbound, stoneleigh junction, Lane closure and temporary speed limit for new bridge construction.

• A46, from 6am March 6 to 6am May 1, severe delays (more than 30 minutes): A46 Sherbourne / M40, junction 15 roundabouts to A452 Kenilworth, junction northbound and southbound and associated slip roads, A46 southbound, carriageway closure with contraflow on the northbound, carriageway 24/7 for carriageway works.

• A46, from 8pm March 2 to 6am May 31, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 from M40 J15/Sherbourne, junction to A452 Kenilworth, junction northbound and southbound, lane closures and narrow lanes closures for implementation of traffic management /resurfacing works.

• A45, from 8pm February 19 to 6am May 31, severe delays (more than 30 minutes): A46 Sherbourne roundabout and M40, junction 15 roundabout to A452 Kenilworth, junction and associated slip roads northbound and southbound, carriageway closures for resurfacing works.

• A45, from 8pm September 29 2021 to 6am June 30 2022, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A45 eastbound, from M42, junction 6 to Stonebridge roundabout and flyover, Lane closures leading a carriageway closure and slip road closure for off network closure Stonebridge to Filongly Road, Meriden.

• A46, from midnight, January 4 to 6am June 30, 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 June 30 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound and southbound, Stoneleigh, Narrow lanes and speed restriction for construction of new bridge.

• A46, from midnight, August 16 2021 to 11.59pm September 30 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound, exit slip at Stoneleigh Road junction, Lane closure on slip and No right turn restriction onto Stoneleigh Road for major scheme works on Stoneleigh Road.

• A46, from 11.59pm April 15 2021 to 11.59pm September 30 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 at Stoneleigh northbound and southbound, 24hr lane closures for, junction improvement scheme.

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

• M40, from 9pm April 6 to 6am April 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 15 to junction 16, Lane closures for carriageway repairs.

• M40, from 10pm April 9 to 6am April 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 14, exit slip road closure for maintenance works, diversion vie Highways England and local authority network.

• M40, from 10pm April 9 to 6am April 10, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 15 to junction 14, Hard shoulder closure for maintenance works.

• M40, from 9pm April 11 to 6am April 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 13 to junction 11, Lane closures for maintenance works.

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