Teams from North Yorkshire Council say they're continuing their efforts to ensure the county can keep on the move amid freezing temperatures and treacherous conditions.
Council crews have been working alongside farmers and volunteers to ensure that the county’s roads and footpaths can remain open as it battles the most extreme weather in seven years, with temperatures plummeting as low as minus 12C in some areas.
Farming contractors are continuing to plough roads in more rural areas, with conditions in the west of the county proving particularly challenging.
Despite extreme weather conditions hampering initial efforts, positive progress is now being made and treatments are continuing over the weekend.
North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for highways and transportation, Cllr Keane Duncan, said:
“Our gritting teams, farming contractors and volunteers have been working around the clock during this extreme winter event.
“They’ve battled heavy snow, ice, fog and freezing conditions to try to keep the county on the move.
“The prolonged sub-zero temperatures and snow drifts have inevitably stretched our resources and frustrated our efforts.
“This effort continues across the county, this weekend. In addition to our gritting teams, we have extra operatives working to keep roads and paths clear.
“Temperatures are expected to warm up at the start of next week, which will thankfully accelerate the thawing of snow that has proven to be so stubborn and troublesome.
“While this winter event has been one of the most challenging we’ve seen, we would like to assure that the public that we are using every resource available to us to treat our network and will continue to do so as long as is necessary.
“We continue to ask people to take care and thank the public for their understanding.”
For more information about gritting, visit www.northyorks.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/winter-service/road-gritting
Advice on staying well during the cold weather is available on the winter health page on North Yorkshire Council’s website at www.northyorks.gov.uk/winterhealth
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