DRIVERS in and around Test Valley have 12 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

Two of the closures are expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.

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

• M27, from 8pm October 17 2019 to 6am August 20 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M27 westbound, junction 5 to junction 4, carriageway closure for M27 Smart Motorways, diversion via local authority network.

• M27, from 8pm June 25 to 6am August 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M27 eastbound and westbound, junction 3 to 4, Lane closures for carriageway seeping.

• M27, from 8pm March 28 to 6am August 25, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M27 eastbound and westbound, junction 5, carriageway closure between the slip roads for M27 Smart Motorways.

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• M27, from 8pm July 5 to 6am August 26, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M3 southbound, junction 12 to 14, carriageway closures for M3 concrete barrier scheme, diversion via Highways England and local authority network.

• M3, from 9pm October 10 2018 to 6am August 31 2022, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M3 southbound to M27 eastbound, link road and lane closures for M27 Smart Motorways, diversion via Highways England network.

• M271, from 9pm August 1 to 6am September 1, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M271 northbound, junction 1, slip road and lane closures for electrical work, diversion via National Highways network.

• M27, from 8pm July 1 to 6am September 6, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M3 northbound, junction 14 to 12, link road and carriageway closures for M3 concrete barrier scheme, diversion via National Highways and local authority network.

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

• M27, from 8pm August 16 to 6am August 17, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M27 eastbound, Rownhams Services, Services slip road and lane closures.

• A303, from 8pm August 20 to 6am August 21, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A303 eastbound, Picket Twenty, slip road and lane closures for horticulture work, diversion via National Highways network.

• A303, from 8pm August 21 to 6am August 22, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A303 eastbound, Thruxton, Lane closures and diversion for horticulture work.

• A303, from 9.30am August 22 to 4pm August 24, slight delays (under 10 minutes): A303 westbound, Thruxton Circuit, Lane closure on exit slip road for Hampshire County Council works.

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

For the full report from Highways England go to data.gov.uk/dataset/planned-road-works-on-the-national-highways-road-network.