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

Warwick's motorists will have 18 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And one of them is expected to cause severe delays – with drivers facing a holdup of at least 30 minutes. Another four will cause moderate delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that 12 closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• 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 8pm March 18 to 6am May 6, 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 9.30am March 28 to 4pm May 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound, stoneleigh junction, lane closure and temporary speed limit for new bridge construction.

• A46, from 9.30am April 1 to 4pm May 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 southbound, stoneleigh junction, Lane closure and temporary speed limit for new bridge construction.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

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

• M40, from 9pm April 26 to 6am April 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 16 to junction 14, Lane closures for maintenance works.

• M40, from 9pm April 26 to 6am April 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 13 to junction 14, Lane closures for maintenance works.

• M40, from 9.30pm April 27 to 6am April 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 12, Lane closure for maintenance works.

• M40, from 9am May 3 to 6pm May 4, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 southbound,, junction 16 to junction 15, hard shoulder closure for boundary fence replacement.

• A46, from 9pm May 3 to 6am May 4, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A46 northbound and southbound, off network under bridge, St Martins Road Cul-de-sac to Howes Lane, Multiway temporary traffic signals for inspection/survey for bridge inspection.

• M40, from 9pm May 7 to 6am May 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 12 to junction 13, Lane closure 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.