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Getting stuck on your journey is never ideal. Check out our list for winter essentials to keep in your car to keep you safe.
#DriveSafe #PlanAhead
Ever wondered what it's like to be a gritter read about it? David is happy to give you some insight into his life.
#WinterReady
Ever wondered what it's like to be a gritter read about it? David is happy to give you some insight into his life.
#WinterReady
Make sure your vehicle is ready for winter. Checking everything is in order can help keep you and others safe.
#DriveSafe
Make sure your vehicle is ready for winter. Checking everything is in order can help keep you and others safe.
#DriveSafe
Winter weather is unpredictable and can be scary to drive in. Take precautions to ensure you are safe for your journey.
#DriveSafe
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight on North West trunk roads with snow and ice in parts
🚛29 gritters will be out pre-treating this evening and a further 18 gritters on patrol overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
❄️Temperatures will drop below zero in colder parts of the South East trunk road network
🚛We'll have 22 gritters carrying out treatments with a further 13 patrolling overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
Winter weather is unpredictable and can be scary to drive in. Take precautions to ensure you are safe for your journey.
#DriveSafe
⚠️WEATHER WARNING⚠️
The @metoffice has announced a YELLOW weather warning for SNOW and ICE affecting the entire North West Trunk Road Unit
❄️ Midnight on Saturday 3 January until 11.59pm on Sunday 4 January
Driving Advice: https://bit.ly/3HtVkyX
@trafficscotland
All salt treatments completed across the North West and our 18 patrol gritters are still out monitoring conditions.
#DriveSafe
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
Morning! Very cold temperatures affecting routes - all treatments completed however we still have 13 gritters out patrolling the network for wintry conditions and carrying out extra treatments as required. Please #DriveSafe if out! 🥶
Vaisala Station Summary 📈
Our control room is in action 24/7 keeping an eye on conditions across the network - All initial treatments on all of our routes are complete and we'll have 44 spreaders out on routes throughout the night- cold night ahead!
Please drive to conditions and #TakeCare!
#M9 Carron Bridge works:
⛔ Overnight carriageway closures
📆 6 to 27 January - Monday to Friday nights only
🕖 19:30-06:30 each night
Full details:
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight on North West trunk roads with a risk of hoar frost and ice
🚛29 gritters will be out pre-treating this evening and a further 18 gritters on patrol overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
❄️Temperatures will drop below zero in colder parts of the South East trunk road network
🚛We'll have 44 gritters carrying out treatments with a further 13 patrolling overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
⚠️WEATHER WARNING⚠️
The @metoffice has announced a YELLOW weather warning for SNOW and ICE affecting the northern half of Scotland
❄️ 6am on Thursday 1 January until 11.59pm on Friday 2 January
More information: https://bit.ly/4sj5p6x.
@trafficscotland
Overnight treatments completed, we've still got 13 patrol spreaders out keeping an eye on the network. Very cold out there🥶please #DriveSafe See our map summary below 👇#Vaisala
BEAR Scotland are responsible for managing and maintaining some of the country’s most important roads. We make sure the carriageways are safe and sound, but there’s a lot more to what we do than that. We also take care of grass cutting and weed control, road lighting and traffic signal maintenance, and we keep the signs clean to make sure you’ll always know where you’re going.
We’re committed to safety, so we undertake structural inspections of roads and bridges, gritting and ploughing in winter, emptying gullies and repairing safety barriers, and we approve the movements of abnormal loads around the roads network.
BEAR is always working hard to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly infrastructure for the future. We also design and supervise improvements to carriageways and authorise the opening of new roads.
We’re dedicated to providing a first-rate service and so we’re always busy, taking care of everything so you can get from A to B as safely and smoothly as possible.
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