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The Met Office has issued an Amber (Be Prepared) warning, which covers North Lanarkshire, for the period from 1500 today until 0800 tomorrow. The forecast is as follows:
Heavy, squally showers of snow will continue through Tuesday and overnight with longer spells of snow on Tuesday evening. Over the hills, snow will drift in gale force winds. A gradual improvement is likely on Wednesday for most areas. Travel delays on roads are likely, as are public transport cancellations. There is a chance of power cuts while mobile phone coverage may be affected. Some rural communities seem likely to become cut off. Roads and pavements will turn icy, increasing the chances of accidents or injuries.
Following the end of the Amber warning, a Yellow (Be Aware) warning is in place until Friday 19 January.
Roads update
Secondary carriageways have been gritted and ploughed from 1230 today. From 1600, all primary routes will be treated throughout the snow threat.
Primary footways will be treated from 0500 tomorrow.
We concentrate on gritting and clearing primary routes which means that we
won’t prioritise most residential streets. It’s essential that we
keep the main roads clear and treated and that is our first priority. Once we
have finished one treatment of main roads, we often have to start again on them
immediately, particularly if it rains.
Home support
Home support operations continue as normal.
Housing repairs
Housing repairs are operating on an emergency-only basis, based on normal practice during an Amber warning.
Schools
We expect all schools to be be open tomorrow. However, all ASN buses operated directly by the council have been cancelled. We expect significant disruption to other school transport tomorrow morning based on the forecast.
Other facilities
All outdoor pitches operated by Culture NL have been cancelled until Friday 19th. All NL Leisure indoor facilities are running as normal, with all outdoor provision for this evening cancelled.
Important telephone numbers
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Environmental enquiries - 01698 403110 (including special uplifts and bin collection, road repairs, lighting faults, abandoned vehicles and pest control problems)
- General enquiries - 01698 403200
- Housing Repairs - 0800 678 1166
- Gas/solid fuel heating repairs - 0845 606 1555
- Homelessness - 0800 953 2424
- Anti-social behaviour - 0300 123 1382
- Social Work Emergency Service - 0800 121 4114
Visit www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/winter for more information about our full range of winter services
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