DRIVERS in and around Wirral will have seven National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And five of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:

• A41, from 11.22am August 12 to 11.59pm September 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A41 northbound, Lane one closure at, junction of New Chester Road and Hooton Road due to trace and excavate due to gas escape.

And a further six closures will begin over the next two weeks:

• M53, from 9pm September 23 to 5am September 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions five to 4 - lane closure for barriers - permanent.

• M53, from 9pm September 25 to 6am September 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, junction 1 to 3 carriageway closure due to general maintenance works.

• M53, from 9pm September 27 to 6am September 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound, junction 3 to 1 - lane closure and carriageway closure for drainage.

• M53, from 9pm September 29 to 5am September 30, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 southbound, jct three to 4 lane closure and carriageway closure due to general maintenance works.

• M53, from 9pm September 30 to 5am October 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, jct four to 3 lane closure and carriageway closure due to general maintenance works.

• M53, from 9pm October 1 to 5am October 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, junction 4 to 5 - Lane closure and carriageway closure for drainage.

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