Weather forecast
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning covering the Bradford district, but the forecast is for it to clear up later. Please take extra care on snow and ice.
Gritting and roads update
Gritting teams out during the night and this morning
Our gritting teams were working through the night and are out again this morning. Despite this, the snow is settling on all roads. We also have staff gritting by hand in some areas, including on Huddersfield Road by Odsal Top.
Please allow extra time for your journey, make sure your windscreen is clear, drive slowly and leave plenty of room between you and the vehicle in front.
Traffic issues this morning
There is currently congestion on several roads across the district. Roads affected this morning include:
- Manchester Road, by Mayo Avenue, where an accident is causing delays
- Canal Road by Tesco outbound from the city centre
- Otley Road, near the Valley Road junction
- in Queensbury, towards Bradford
- Wheatley Lane in in Ilkley
- Thornton Road from Allerton towards Bradford
- Duckworth Lane roundabout
- Hamm Strasse from Valley Road
- Cemetery Road towards Legrams Lane
- Shipley Airedale Road out of the city centre
- Bingley Main Street.
The above information is accurate as of 10.05am.
We will share any further updates about the roads on Twitter throughout the day.
The photo below was sent to us by one of our bin collection teams this morning. They had stopped to help this car get moving on the snow.
See our website for winter driving advice.
Our bin crews are out this morning trying to catch up on missed collections from last week and yesterday. Please bear with us, the conditions are awful and with having extra waste to collect progress is slow.
Please don't report missed bins this week
If we haven't emptied your bin as scheduled this week, there is no need to report it to us. All roads that we cannot reach are reported automatically, and our waste team managers know where we have and haven't managed to reach.
Our contact centre are getting a lot of enquiries at the moment, as you can imagine. It would help them get to other important questions quicker if you don't report missed bins. Thank you for your support with this.
We will collect extra waste when we come back
Although we wouldn't normally take extra bags of rubbish, if we haven't been able to empty your bin due to the snow, we will take bagged up extra waste when we come back.
School closures
There are a number of schools closed today, or opening late to allow everyone to get there safely. Please check with your child’s school or see our website for the latest school closure information.
Other service disruptions
The Regulatory and Appeals Panel that was due to take place at City Hall today has been cancelled. It will be re-arranged as soon as possible.
Please see the service disruptions page of our website for other services affected by the weather. We will tweet about any changes.
Support for vulnerable people
If you are concerned about vulnerable neighbours or friends during the severe weather, please contact our Adult Services Access Point as soon as possible on 01274 435400.
If you are worried about someone sleeping on the streets, please call 01274 309165. See our website for more information about support for homeless people.
Met Office weather warnings for Yorkshire and the Humber
Winter and gritting advice and information
Bradford Council service disruptions
Preparing for emergencies: what you can do
Report issues on the roads
NHS advice for keeping well and warm in cold weather
West Yorkshire Metro travel information
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