Road closures: seven for North Somerset drivers this week

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

And two of them are 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:

• M5, from 8pm January 15 to 6am February 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 Both Directions, junction 18 to junction 20 lane closures for barrier upgrade.

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

• M5, from 8pm January 23 to 6am January 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 20 entry slip road closure for resurfacing, diversion via M5 southbound to junction 21.

• M5, from 8pm January 27 to 6am January 28, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 20 carriageway closure between exit and entry slip roads for resurfacing, diversion via exit and entry slip roads.

• M5, from 10pm January 27 to 6am January 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 19 to 18 lane closures for structure maintenance.

• M5, from 8pm January 28 to 6am January 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 northbound, junction 20 to junction 19 lane closure for barrier repair.

• M5, from 9pm January 31 to 6am February 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 both directions, junction 21 lane closures for electrical works.

• M5, from 10pm February 3 to 6am February 4, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M5 southbound, junction 18 to 20 - lane closures for road markings renewal.

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