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

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

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 April 11 to 5am April 14, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 northbound, junction 5 to junction 4 - lane closure for inspection/survey.

• M53, from 9pm April 14 to 5am April 18, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, junction 1 to junction 3 - carriageway closure for drainage.

• M53, from 8pm April 18 to 5am April 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M53 southbound, J2 - lane closure for structure - maintenance on behalf of National Highways.

• M53, from 9pm April 18 to 5am April 22, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, junction 3 to junction 4 - carriageway closure for drainage.

• M53, from 9pm April 22 to 5am April 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M53 northbound and southbound, junction 4 to junction 5 - 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.