Wakefield road closures: There are 22 road closures to look out for this week across the district

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Drivers in and around Wakefield will have 22 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

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

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The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that 10 closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

M62, from 8pm October 22 to 6am October 23, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 30 to junction 32, carriageway closure and lane closures for technology works, diversion in place via National highways and local authority network.

Drivers in and around Wakefield will have 22 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.Drivers in and around Wakefield will have 22 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.
Drivers in and around Wakefield will have 22 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

• M1 from now until 5am October 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 40 to junction 41, carriageway closure for technology works, diversion via local authority and national highways networks.

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• M62 until October 30, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 32, Lane closures for parapet replacement works.

• A1(M) until 6am November 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 32 to junction 33, carriageway closures and Lane closure for general cleaning and maintenance, diversion via National highways and local authority network.

• M62 until 6am November 8, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 34 to junction 33, Lane closure for structure maintenance.

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• A1 until 6am November 12, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A1M northbound, closed between, junction 40 and junction 41 overnight followed by a permanent lane one closure and a 60 mph speed limit for land slip works.

• M62 until 6am December 6, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 30 to junction 31, Lane closures for structure maintenance.

• A162 until 11pm January 31 2024, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 33 and A162 northbound and southbound, Ferrybridge, carriageway closure and lane closures 24/7 with 50mph speed restriction for structure maintenance, diversion route in place via National Highways network.

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• A1 until 6am April 9 2024, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A1 northbound and southbound, Barnsdale bar to Ferrybridge, carriageway closure and lane closures for structure works, diversion route in place via local authority network.

• M62 until 6am May 24 2024, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 29, carriageway closures for bridge works, diversion route via national highways network.

And a further 12 closures will begin over the next two weeks:

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• M62, from 9pm October 23 to 5am October 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 32 to junction 31, slip road closure for barrier repairs, diversion via National highways and local authority network.

• M1, from 8pm October 24 to 5am October 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 37 to junction 38, carriageway closure for technology works, diversion in place via National highways and local authority network.

• M1, from 8pm October 25 to 6am October 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 southbound, junction 41 to junction 40, Lane closure for survey works.

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• M1, from 9pm October 25 to 5am October 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 39 to junction 40, Lane closure for structure maintenance.

• M1, from 8pm October 26 to 5am October 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 southbound, junction 42 to junction 41, Lane closure for technology works.

• M1, from 9pm October 27 to 5am October 28, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound and southbound, junction 39, Lane closure for structure maintenance.

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• M62, from 8pm October 30 to 6am November 9, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 29 to junction 31, slip road and lane closures for works on local authority network, diversion route in place via local highway authority and National Highways roads.

• M1, from 8pm October 30 to 6am October 31, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 40 to junction 41, Lane closure for survey works.

• M62, from 9pm October 30 to 6am November 2, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound, junction 29, Lane closures for barrier repair works.

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• M1, from 8pm November 2 to 5am November 3, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M1 northbound, junction 41 to junction 42, Lane closure for technology works.

• M1, from 8pm November 6 to 5am November 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 westbound, junction 29 to M1 southbound, junction 42, Lane closure for general cleaning and maintenance.

• M62, from 9pm November 6 to 5am November 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M62 eastbound and westbound, junction 29 to junction 30, Lane closures for technology works.

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