Weather update from Council

Highways

Cheshire East Council's highways team has been out gritting over the weekend to keep the roads open and will continue to grit all the Borough's major routes over the next 24 hours.

However, motorists are urged to drive with care, especially on rural routes that may not have been treated. Fresh snow showers arrived last night with wind speed picking up during the evening. Localised drifting has caused problem in particular over the higher areas of towards the East of the Borough.

The A537 and A54 are currently closed but we are working to get them open again and have resources working through to try to keep open routes to our rural communities. The vast majority of our principal network is in good order but we would advise motorists to use caution, as parts of the network have problems with snow and ice.

As we move towards the next few days we are expecting less snow. However, the problem of ice is likely to persist as the temperatures struggle to get above freezing this week. Work in the town centres, outside schools, railway stations, etc, is ongoing today. In total we have around 100 additional bodies on the network clearing snow and spreading salt.

Waste Collections

If residents' waste was not collected on Friday, due to the bad weather, people have been advised to back bins out this morning (Monday). Crews will do their best to catch up the backlog today, but this may not be possible and some collections may fall in to Tuesday. If your bin has not been collected by Monday evening leave it out for collection on Tuesday. However, this will be dependent on weather conditions over the next few days.

Schools

Parents are advised to check with schools directly and listen to their local radio stations for updates on closures. We would encourage parents to continue to do this if the weather is poor this week.

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