Refuse collections put back by at least one day possibly longer.

FROM COUNTY COUNCIL INCLUDING REFUSE:

 RST – Road Surface temperatures, Durham City is in Northern Area.

Tuesday 5 January/Wednedsay 6 January 2010

RSTs will remain below zero through most of the coming 24 hours with widespread ice. Snow showers can be expected at times for the rest of the afternoon, tonight and tomorrow morning as well. The showers will be heaviest and most frequent near to the east coast, but some showers will move further inland too. Strong north-easterly winds could lead to drifting.                                                                                 

Accumulations of 2-5cm widely, but up to 8cm in the worst-affected areas.

Actions

Southern Area – Crews on standby 4pm today and 3 am tomorrow.  Evening shift will continue until 11pm/midnight with the possibility of continuing until 3am.  Treatment of secondary routes to be done tomorrow morning.

Northern Area – All depots to be manned for next 24 hours.

Streetscene and refuse

Derwentside – Working in South Stanley and Langley Park today collecting bins where it is safe to do so.  

Chester-le-Street – No snow clearing teams out today as all out on the bin collections.

Durham – Crews out today, also using smaller tractors and trailers to assist where difficult for larger vehicles to gain access.

Easington – Crews out today, also using smaller tractors and trailers to assist where difficult for larger vehicles to gain access.

Sedgefield/Wear Valley/Teesdale – Crews out collecting where it is safe to do so.  Also doing snow clearing and some gritting of footpaths.