St Helens road closures: six for motorists to avoid this week

St Helens's motorists will have six road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And two of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing waits of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that six closures are due to start this week:

• M6, from 9pm July 18 to 6am July 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound and southbound, junction 21A - 26 carriageway closures due to SMART improvements.

• A580, from 9pm July 23 to 5am July 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A580 clockwise and anti-clockwise, junction 23 to junction 23 - Lane closure for Horticulture.

• M6, from 9pm July 25 to 6am July 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound and southbound, junction 27- 23 carriageway closures due to SMART improvements.

• M62, from 9pm July 31 to 5am August 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 6 to junction 7 - carriageway closure for drainage.

• M6, from 9pm August 1 to 6am August 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M6 northbound and southbound, J21a to J26 - Lane closure for Construction improvement/Upgrade.

• M62, from 9pm August 1 to 5am August 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 7 to 8 lane closures and slip road closures due to drainage works.

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