DRIVERS in and around Wirral will have 10 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

And three of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing waits 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:

• M53, from 9pm February 25 to 5am February 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions five to 3 - lane closure for barriers - permanent.

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

• M53, from 8pm February 26 to 6am February 27, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions J3 to J4 - lane closure for inspection/survey.

• M53, from 8pm February 26 to 5am February 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound, three to 2 - carriageway closure for barriers - permanent on behalf of National Highways.

• M53, from 8pm February 27 to 5am February 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 southbound, jct four to jct five - Hard Shoulder and Lane one closure for Horticulture (Cutting and Planting).

• M53, from 8pm February 27 to 5am February 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 northbound, six to 7 - lane closure for carriageway - reconstruction/renewal.

• M53, from 8pm February 27 to 6am February 29, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 both directions J3 to J4 - carriageway closure for inspection/survey.

• M53, from 8pm February 29 to 6am March 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions J3 to J4 - lane closures for inspection/survey.

• M53, from 8pm March 1 to 6am March 2, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 both directions J3 to J4 - lane closures for inspection/survey.

• M53, from 8pm March 6 to 5am March 7, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 northbound, J5 to J4 - lane closure for structure - maintenance on behalf of National Highways.

• M53, from 10am March 11 to 3pm March 13, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 both directions J2 to J1 - lane closure for inspection/survey.

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