Pictures from the Beverley Westwood taken this morning and an update from East Riding of Yorkshire Council with regard to snow and winter weather.
Overnight we had another dumping of snow in a line from Withernsea south of the A1079 westwards. More than a foot of new snow has fallen onto already snow packed roads and with temperatures down to -11’C in rural parts. Eleswhere temperatures are generally -6’C. We have struggled all night to plough the main snow clearance network covering all ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads which is around 800km of main roads across the East Riding. Garrowby Hill, Arras Hill, High Hunsley and the higher parts of the Wolds continue to be a massive challenge for us. There is a foot of snow in Beverley and treacherous conditions on most routes as temperatures will not get above freezing today or tomorrow so there is little chance of improvement. The fleet of gritters are now working again on the main snow clearance network.
We continue to use a number of contracted farmers to get a road into some villages which have become cut off with drifts up to six feet.
Bin collections have been suspended today and a double collection will be made next Friday.
Staff deployed from bin collections, street sweeping, grounds maintenance and gully emptying are out removing snow from high-use pedestrian areas across the East Riding. We have also implemented a plan this morning to remove snow from Council car parks and brought in tractors from our grounds service to help with this operation. This is presently ongoing but will take time to complete. We are now working on a plan for the weekend.
Picture: Skiing to work – This man left his car and travelled across the Westwood in Skis to work.
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