A very tricky night for the teams with weather from all angles hitting the Borough at the same time, issues so far:
- 20 trees blown down
- A640 Huddersfield Road closed ( Kirklees request)
- M62 closed with usual knock on effect on surrounding rounds
- Ripponden Road, Buckstones Road and Grains Road both blocked in parts due to HGV waggons struggling
- Drifing snow on many high level lanes
- Drifting snow on exposed roads
- Stannybrook Road closed due to flooding
They are currently re treating our primary gritting routes and have gritters deployed to Ripponden Road, Buckstones Road and Grains Road to try and ease the issues that are compelled by the closure of the M62.
They have teams from Environmental Services assisting with hand gritting and tree removal, surface temperatures are rising slightly and this should assist with the efforts before they start again
Access road from Shore Edge to Brushes Clough car park blocked by two fallen trees, with more trees with broken branches ready to fall. I have contacted First Response and asked them to close the barrier gate.
Many thanks.