Refuse Collections - Monday 11 December 2017
Please put out your waste for collection as normal.
Crews may be late and may miss certain areas but they will try to collect as much as possible wherever they are able to reach along main routes.
If missed, please leave your bin out, as crews will return to collect as soon as we can.
Refuse trucks may cause a little congestion as not all routes are back to 2 lanes.
Please share with with friends, family and neighbours not online.
School closures
A full list of school closures is available on the website. It is the headteacher's responsibility to notify the council about any school closures. If they have not notified us, the school will not appear on the list.
School closures list
Weather, Roads and Winter Maintenance Update
Gritting and ploughing crews will be working 24hrs a day - the last shift changed at 5pm.
On the roads are 6 big gritters, 1 mini gritter and 2 landrovers fitted with snow ploughs.
We know the snow causes a lot of disruption so thank you to everyone for your patience and for all your help digging people out of side streets. Your efforts allow the crews to keep working around the clock on the main routes which is the priority.
Flying Start Services
The following services have confirmed that they will be closed:
- Blaenavon Integrated Children’s Centre – Flying Start Services
- Garnteg Integrated Children’s Centre – Flying Start Services including Little Ducklings Childcare
- Penygarn Integrated Children’s Centre - Flying Start Services including Penygarn Under 5’s Playgroup
- Family Links group at Thornhill Community Centre
- Flying Start groups at West Mon School – Family Fun Time
- Flying Start Little Ducklings Playgroup at Cold Barn Farm, Trevethin
Torfaen training
Due to the adverse weather conditions our Springvale and Lifestation training centres will be closed today
Frozen Pipes - Top Tips from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
During the cold weather, residents often have trouble with frozen pipes. A drop in temperature can cause water in pipes to freeze, triggering a burst when it thaws. A repair is then urgently needed, bringing you expense and inconvenience at a time of year when you’d least want to face it. To help you to have a stress-free winter, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water have some top tips on protecting your home over the colder months.
Clearing snow and ice from pavements
There's no law stopping you from clearing snow and ice on the pavement outside your home or from public spaces. The yellow grit bins are there for residents to use on local trouble spots – please use the salt sensibly, as a thin layer is usually all that is needed to be effective. Advice and information is available onwww.gov.uk.
Gritting Routes
Use our mapping system to find the gritting routes and grit bins in your area.
Please share this bulletin with family and friends. Further updates will come through the day.
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