Road closures: Dozens of roads in Northamptonshire for motorists to avoid this week

There are more than 30 closures scheduled for this week
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West Northamptonshire' s motorists will have 33 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And three of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that 16 closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

Road closures to look out for this week.Road closures to look out for this week.
Road closures to look out for this week.

A45, from 7am January 15 to 7pm February 20, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 eastbound, Wootton to Queen Eleanor Interchange, carriageway closure due to works on behalf of H.W Martin.

• A5, from 8pm January 4 to 6am February 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 Kilsby, temporary traffic signals for works being undertaken by WPD.

• M1, from 8pm February 2 to 6am February 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 southbound, junction 18 to junction 17, Lane closure due to works on behalf of Camway.

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• A45, from 8pm January 24 to 6am March 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 northbound and southbound, junction 15 (M1) to Earls Barton, slip road closures with a diversion route and lane closure due to routine maintenance works.

• M1, from 8pm October 11 2021 to 6am April 1 2022, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M1/M6 northbound and southbound, junction 18 to junction 19, carriageway and lane closures due to construction works.

• M1, from 8pm September 10 2021 to 6am April 18 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M45 eastbound, Dunchurch to junction 17 (M1), carriageway, slip road, layby and lane closures with speed restriction due to carriageway improvement works.

• M45, from 12.48am May 6 2017 to midnight, May 4 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M45 eastbound, Dunchurch to junction 17 (M1), 24/7 hard shoulder closure due to bridge repairs.

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A43, from 8pm April 12 2021 to 6am November 1 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 northbound and southbound, M1, junction 15, carriageway, slip road and lane closures with diversion routes due to works on behalf of WInvic.

• M1, from 10pm October 17 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, Hartwell to junction 15, carriageway, lane closures, 24 hour narrow lanes and speed restrictions due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

• M1, from 10pm October 17 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 15, carriageway, lane closures, 24 hour narrow lanes and speed restrictions due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

• M1, from 9pm October 18 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 16 to junction 17, carriageway, lane closures and 24 hour hard shoulder closures with narrow lanes with a speed restriction due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

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• A43, from 9pm November 19 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 and A43 northbound and southbound, junction 15a, carriageway, lane closures, 24 hour narrow lanes and speed restrictions due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

• M1, from 9pm December 3 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 / M45 northbound and southbound, junction 17 to junction 18, carriageway and lane closures due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

• A43, from 9pm October 17 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 15 to junction 15a, carriageway, lane closures, 24 hour narrow lanes and speed restriction due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

• M1, from 10pm December 4 2018 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, J15a to junction 16, carriageway,lane closures,24 hour narrow lanes and speed restriction due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

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• M1, from 9pm January 7 2019 to 6am December 20 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 16, carriageway closures, lane closures and 24 hour narrow lanes with a speed restriction due to construction works (SMART Motorways).

And a further 17 closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M45, from 9am to 4pm on February 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M45 eastbound, Kilsby, Lane closure due maintenance works.

• A45, from 9.30am to 3.30pm on February 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 northbound and southbound, junction 15 (M1) to Wootton, diversion route due to works on county council network.

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• M1, from 8pm February 14 to 5am February 16, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 18 to junction 19, Lane closure due to works on behalf of Telent.

• M40, from 9pm February 14 to 6am February 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 10 to junction 11, Lane closure for maintenance work.

• M40, from 9pm February 14 to 6am February 15, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound, junction 11 to junction 12, Lane closure for maintenance work.

• M1, from 8am February 16 to 4pm February 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M45 eastbound and westbound, Thurlaston to M1, mobile hard shoulder closure due to maintenance works.

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• A45, from 9pm February 16 to 5am February 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A45 westbound, Wootton, exit slip road lane closure for works by Western Power Distributions.

• M40, from 9.30pm February 16 to 6am February 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 northbound,, junction 10 to junction 11, Lane closure for maintenance works.

• M40, from 9pm February 17 to 6am February 18, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 11, exit slip road closure for maintenance work, diversion via Highways England Network.

• A43, from 9pm February 17 to 5am February 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 10, entry slip road closure for communicatons works, diversion via Natonal Highways network.

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• M1, from 8.30am February 18 to 3.30pm February 21, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 15a to junction 19, hard shoulder closures due to maintenance works.

• M1, from 8pm February 18 to 5am February 19, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 17, junction 18, Lane closure for inspection works.

• A5, from 4pm February 20 to 6am February 21, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 Potterspury to Old Stratford, temporary traffic signals due to maintenance work.

• A5, from 4pm February 20 to 6am February 21, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 northbound and southbound, Magna park Roundabout to Gibbett Hill Roundabout, carriageway closure for maintenance works.

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• A5, from 9pm February 22 to 5am March 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 Watford Gap to Kilsby, temporary traffic signals for works being undertaken on behalf of Gigaclear.

• A5, from 7am to 10am on February 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A5 Lilbourne, temporary traffic signals for works by BT.

• M40, from 9pm February 28 to 6am March 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M40 southbound, junction 11 to junction 10, Lane closures due to maintenance works.

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