Snow and the council

The councillors were sent this update on Friday about the council's plans for dealing with the snow this weekend...

Dear Councillors

I am sure you will have seen the weather forecast predicting more bad weather over the weekend. The unpredicted snow earlier today has already caused problems on our roads and pavements. We have suspended our cleansing services and have directed staff to gritting and clearing pavements. Our gritting lorries were out this morning ensuring main roads were kept running and following this they have moved on to side roads. However, many side roads and pavements are hazardous as the temperatures are so low.

The weather forecast for the next few days is very uncertain but the current update for London is that we could see some snow showers running in from the west by the end of the night before more persistent snow develops and moves across during the day. Most of London is predicted to get accumulations of between 5-10cm but there is a risk of 20 cm by the end of Saturday. There is a smaller risk of snow on Sunday and into Monday.

You will see from our winter web pages that some services have been affected today and we will continue to update the web site over the weekend so please refer to this for the latest information. If there is a significant affect on our services I will email you tomorrow.

I would also like to confirm that we have plans in place to ensure that you and the web site are kept up to date if bad weather should come over the Christmas holiday period.