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SNOW CAUSES ROAD CHAOS

February 4th, 2012 Martin Walker News 2 comments 0

By Martin Walker

Snow and a lack of gritters is caused traffic chaos in Newton Aycliffe on Saturday night.

Around four-to-five inches of the white stuff has left a blanket of snow on the town.

But a lack of road gritters has left all roads in the town extremely hazardous.

Temperatures dropped to a perishing -6° Celsius on Friday and -4° Saturday evening.

But it’s expected to lift to around 5° on Sunday and, with bright sunshine, the snow will hopefully be short-lived.

Monday and Tuesday daytime temperatures are forecast to be 5°, and it’s predicted to be as high as 7° on Wednesday.

Aycliffe Today has been in touch with our local police and fire service today (Saturday), and at 6pm there were no reports of any incidents in the town.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Liz Mitchell
    February 4, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    Worra lovely picture 😉

  2. N ferguson
    February 6, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    I drove to Barnard castle on Saturday evening. If the police report no incidents it was pure luck because I skidded 4 times from dl5 til I left central ave. driving conditions were really bad. I never saw a gritter until I reached staindrop. I then saw Six. Surprisingly the road from staindrop to Barnard castle was clear. The roads were just as bad coming home the next morning. Where were our gritters?

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