Snow forecast for North East Lincolnshire this evening
Snowfall is predicted to return to North East Lincolnshire this evening.
A Met Office Yellow warning is in force for the area with potentially heavy snowfall expected to arrive at around 6pm and continue into the early hours of Saturday.
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The A46 near Irby on Monday afternoon. Picture: Jon Corken
Accumulations of 2-5cm are possible with further snow showers forecast for Saturday.
North East Lincolnshire Council say priority roads were treated at 4.30am this morning and further grit runs are planned for 2pm today.
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In the event of heavy snowfall, further gritting and snow ploughing will take place and will continue until the main road network is running freely.
Jason Longhurst, head of development, said: “We are continually monitoring the weather conditions and our services are responding to the forecast on a daily basis.
“Roads have been gritted daily throughout the week and we can assure residents that we have enough grit stock to see us through this cold spell with further deliveries planned for the end of the month.
During the week, Town and Parish Councils across the region have been receiving stocks of grit for their area’s grit bins and residents are being urged to use these stocks only to clear roads and public pavements.
Town and Parish Councils have prepared their own local plans for dealing with the winter weather and many have teams of local volunteers ready to help grit key roads in their areas such as roads leading to schools and community centres.
Councillor Peter Wheatley, portfolio holder for environment and regeneration, said: “During periods of snowfall, we welcome the help provided by the Parish Councils in support of our winter service operations.
“They have not only helped us in identifying the best locations for grit bins in their neighbourhoods but the hard work undertaken by their volunteers is invaluable and we will continue to assist them throughout the winter season.”
Comments
by davendogs
Saturday, January 19 2013, 1:50PM
“What is considered to be 'the main road network'? Lets have some names and numbers here. Is that too much to ask?”
by hobgoblin1
Friday, January 18 2013, 7:59PM
“Well now snow in winter - who'd have thought it?! It is not, however, the end of the world and I wish newspapers and the media would stop treating us all like imbeciles who are totally clueless. We're not doomed! We already know to take extra care, keep warm etc and don't need constant reminding. Snow used to be an accepted part of winter and and it was business as usual. There never used to be all this media frenzy.”
by Brutto
Friday, January 18 2013, 6:07PM
“These are the words (verbatim) of NELC from last Friday (12th): "We were fortunate last year that we did not see anything on the scale of severe weather that was witnessed in 2010, but we were fully prepared then and we are fully prepared again." "We are more prepared than ever for severe winter conditions. We have 2,000 tonnes of salt currently in storage, which is 1,180 tonnes more than we used in total last winter."We learned valuable lessons from 2010 and have been working on revising our plans for this year for the last 24 months. We now have five vehicles with plough attachments at our disposal."When the bad weather hits us this year the council will be ready."”
by des22
Friday, January 18 2013, 3:45PM
“It never ceases to amaze how half a centimetre of snow in NE Lincs has the same effect as half a metre anywhere else.”
by Golf123
Friday, January 18 2013, 3:00PM
“When it snows as heavy as it did on mon I saw many many roads on the news badly affected by the snow. So I don't know why you keep moaning at NELC because by Tuesday afternoon most major routes including the A46 were fine and if people drove with care traffic would keep flowing better!”
by reaper_grim
Friday, January 18 2013, 2:51PM
“In answer to grimsbyres, Lincolnshire rural roads say clearest BECAUSE FARMERS CLEAR THE ROADS so that they can get their stuff to market! Nov 2010 at 11.30pm on Cabourne Hill as I struggled to get up it in a large van, did see a farmer in his tractor clearing the road!
The usual case if you want something doing, do it yourself!”
by grimsbyres
Friday, January 18 2013, 2:21PM
“This will mean N E Lincs roads covered in ice, snow, untreated and gridlocked again. How come our neighbours in Lincolnshire with vastly more roads to cover manage to keep the clear and free flowing ???
The fact the the Laceby Bypass and A46 to Swallow remained treacherous for days is an absolute joke bearing in mind it is one of only 3 main routes out of N E Lincs.”
by grimsbyres
Friday, January 18 2013, 2:17PM
“Yet again I anticipate N E Lincs Roads will be untreated, ungritted and gridlocked. Why is is that our neighbours in Lincolnshire County Council (who have a far greater areas to cover) manage to keep their roads well treated, clear and flowing freely. The fact that Laceby Byepass and the A46 to swallow remained treacherous for days is an utter joke.”