Road closures: four for Newcastle drivers this week

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

And one of them is expected to cause moderate delays – with motorists facing a wait of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• A69, from 9am March 2 to 4pm March 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A69 Nafferton, lane closures for bridge maintenance.

• A1, from 8pm February 27 to 6am March 29, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A19/A1 northbound and southbound, Seaton Burn, exit slip road carriageway and lane closure for resurfacing works.

• A1, from 8pm July 18 2022 to 6am April 13 2023, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A1 northbound and southbound, junction 70 Dunston to junction 74 Scotswood - carriageway closure for communications on behalf of Highways England.

• A1, from 8pm April 10 2021 to 6am May 4 2023, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): A1 northbound and southbound, junction 74 Scotswood to junction 79 North Brunton, carriageway closures for major Project carriageway widening.

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