Highland Council winter road condition reports for 21 January 2013
21st January 2013
The Highland Council’s snow clearing / gritting route policies and area maps are online for 2012/13 at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting.
Road condition and gritting treatment reports by The Highland Council’s, Transport, Environmental and Community Services for the morning of Monday 21 January 2013 are as follows:
South Sutherland and East Ross
Priority routes being treated. 21/01/2013 11:36
Lochaber
Salt treatment on Cameskey to Brackletter road. Posted: 21/01/2013 09:27
Patrol carried out and no action required. Posted: 21/01/2013 08:38
Caithness and North Sutherland
Caithness covering snow on inland routes. Dorrey up to 2" on high parts, treatments ongoing by priority in both areas. Kinlochbervie area dry roads. Other roads snow covering on most of North Sutherland routes. Forsinard up to 2" on high parts. Posted: 21/01/2013 09:22
Nairn
No fresh snow. Road surface temperatures all below zero. Precautionary salting routes by priority in advance of snow forecast this evening and overnight. Posted: 21/01/2013 08:27
Badenoch and Strathspey
No fresh snow but a little drifting on some high sections. Checking/treating all routes as required (topping up salt levels prior to snow forecast this evening and retreating low priority roads where snow has been slow to shift in places). Posted: 21/01/2013 08:23
Skye and Lochalsh
Roads dry - no issues reported. Posted: 21/01/2013 08:00
Ross and Cromarty
Roads generally dry. Occasional areas of seepage and the odd icy patch. All routes being checked and treated as necessary. Posted: 21/01/2013 07:37
Inverness
Roads damp, high salt levels no known problems. Posted: 21/01/2013 07:07
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