DRIVERS from across the North West will benefit as more than 400 miles of roadworks are removed from motorways and major roads across the country this weekend, to help bank holiday trips go smoothly.

Highways England always removes as many roadworks as possible at busy times, and will complete or lift 177 sets of roadworks for the late August getaway.

Simon Sheldon-Wilson, director of customer operations at Highways England, explained:

“To help road users enjoy this bank holiday weekend, we’re completing or suspending over 400 miles of roadworks on motorways and major trunk roads. But we’re still asking people to play their part by planning their journeys and making use of the traffic information services we provide.”

Roadworks will be removed wherever possible by 6am on Friday 28 August – leaving 97.4 per cent of Highways England’s 9,534 mile network roadwork-free.

In all, 432 miles of roadworks will be removed. Highways England is completing 115 schemes and suspending a further 62 sets of roadworks.

For the safety of drivers and their passengers, lane restrictions or temporary speed limits will need to remain at 52 locations.

The full list of North West schemes which will be completed, lifted or left in place over the August bank holiday is as follows:

M6 J37-38 (near Tebay)

Installation of anti-access panels and timber fence

1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

M6 J36 (near Millness)

CCTV Drainage camera survey works

0.5 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Broughton Cross)

Retaining Wall repair

0.65 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Cockermouth)

CCTV Drainage camera survey works

1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Stainton)

PDS Deflectograph and coring works

1.1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Penrith)

Landscape and Ecology works

2.4 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Thornthwaite)

Topographical survey works

1.2 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Penrith)

PDS Deflectograph and coring works

1.7 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A66 (near Penrith)

PDS Deflectograph and coring works

0.2 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Lindal in Furness)

Drainage works and kerbing and footway renewal

0.1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Dalton in Furness)

Pavement and drainage repairs

0.1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Kendal)

Deflectograph works

0.2 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Kendal)

Deflectograph and coring works

1 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Newby Bridge)

Coring works

1.3 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Newlands)

Deflectograph works

2.8 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.

A590 (near Haverthwaite)

Coring works

0.3 mile(s) of roadworks completed for August bank holiday.