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

And one of them is expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that five closures are due to start over the next two weeks:

• M53, from 9pm November 11 to 5am November 12, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions four to 5 - lane closure for barriers - permanent.

• M53, from 8pm November 12 to 5am November 13, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 northbound, J4 to J3 - lane closure for communications.

• M53, from 8pm November 12 to 5am November 13, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 northbound, J2 to J1 - lane closure for communications.

• M53, from 9pm November 14 to 5am November 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions three to 4 - lane closure for barriers - permanent.

• M53, from 9pm November 15 to 5am November 17, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 southbound, one to 2 - carriageway closure for construction improvement/upgrade on behalf of National Highways.

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