Worcestershire County Council's highways fleet will be ploughing the precautionary and other key routes across the county this evening (Tuesday, December 21).
The Met Office is predicting increasingly heavy snowfall this from 5.00pm and overnight with road surface temperatures as low as -6C tonight. This is expected to have passed over by 10.00am tomorrow Once the ploughing has been completed road surface conditions will be assessed and gritting will take place if needed. Conditions will be monitored through the night and teams will remain on standby.
A spokesman for the council said: "We are currently refilling grit bins across the county, and we ask residents only to use this grit on the roads and pavements, not on their own driveways.
"Roads will be very cold tonight with possible accumulations of snow of 10-15cm in some areas, the advice remains that motorists should not assume roads have been gritted and to temper their driving accordingly.
"Residents are again being pointed in the direction of the council's website, www.worcestershire.gov.uk, or its 'gritter twitter' page, www.twitter.com/worcscc, for regular weather and gritting updates.
"The council is warning residents to take care on side roads and residential areas, which are not on the main gritting routes, as they could be particularly difficult to negotiate.
"Elderly residents and the more vulnerable members of communities are likely to struggle the most in the conditions and so residents are still being asked to pull together, especially with the prospect of more snow.
"Members of the public can also contact the Worcestershire Hub on 0845 607 2005 for highways enquires or 01905 765765 for more general enquiries. Residents can call the Hub Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm (The main customer services telephone line will close at 5pm rather than 8pm today, Tuesday December 21. Please visit www.whub.org.uk outside of opening hours) and Saturday 9am – 5pm to can get further information on road closures, gritting, school closures and other affected services."
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