Road closures: seven for St Helens drivers this week

Drivers in and around St Helens will have seven National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And one of them is expected to cause delays 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:

• M6, from 9pm December 12 to 6am December 19, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M6 North and southbound, junction 21A - 26 lane closures and carriageway closures due to SMART improvement works.

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

• A580, from 9pm December 19 to 5am December 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A580 eastbound, junction of Haydock lane closure due to drainage.

• M62, from 11pm December 20 to 5am December 21, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct seven - eight lane closures due to barrier repairs.

• M62, from 11pm December 21 to 5am December 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct seven - eight lane closures due to barrier repairs.

• M62, from 11pm December 22 to 5am December 23, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct seven - eight lane closures due to barrier repairs.

• M62, from 11pm December 23 to 5am December 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct seven - eight lane closures due to barrier repairs.

• M62, from 8pm December 25 to 5am December 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, jct seven - eight lane closures due to barrier repairs.

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