Winter maintenance is an important role for our Streetscene and Housing Service.
We carry out winter maintenance to allow all road users to move about as safely as
possible and to help minimise delays caused by adverse weather conditions.
Our winter maintenance service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is in
place whenever the weather demands.
Get ready for winter
Are you ready for the weather this winter?
Thinking ahead and preparing for what the weather may bring can make a real difference at this time of year.
The Met Office have advice to help you prepare for and cope with severe weather.
Flooding
Emergency flooding number
Gritting updates, routes and bins
Gritting update
Our night patrol service will be out overnight monitoring the roads and conditions along a planned route and grit any hazards.
Last updated: 27/03/2024 11:11:57
Weather
Weather forecast
This afternoon will see early cloud and rain clear northwards. This will leave it drier and brighter for a time, but later on further cloud and showers will develop from the south. Turning windy.
Tonight will see plenty of clouds with blustery showers early. It will turn drier later with increasing clear spells developing from the south. Wind will diminish.
Tomorrow will be breezy but start dry with a mix of variable cloud, sunny spells. However scattered showers soon develop from the south, these locally heavy with the risk of thunder.
Road conditions:
Calderdale: Road Surface Temperatures are expected to fall away under clear spells overnight, becoming marginal. Low confidence in the minimum Road Surface Temperatures due to uncertainty in extent and duration of any clear spells overnight. Rest of West Yorkshire: Road Surface Temperatures are expected to fall away under clear spells overnight, becoming marginal for some at higher elevations. Low confidence in the minimum Road Surface Temperatures due to uncertainty in extent and duration of any clear spells overnight.
Last updated: 28/03/2024 11:22:44
Emergency numbers
We will support anyone who is identified as at risk because of adverse weather conditions.
If you can't get to an urgent hospital appointment, and it can't be postponed, ask the hospital to ring this number to ask for our help.
If you are concerned about a vulnerable neighbour who is a council tenant they will arrange for someone to check in on them.
Get involved
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Clear a pavement or public path
Don't be put off from clearing snow or ice from a pavement or other public place because you're afraid someone will be injured.
Remember, people walking on snow and ice are responsible for their own safety. Check the Met Office advice for more information and guidance to help you clear the area safely.
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Check on neighbours or relatives
It's particularly important to check on those who are elderly or unwell to see if they need anything. Offer to clear their paths or, if they cannot leave their homes, pick up some shopping or a prescription for example.
The council and its partners have special arrangements to make sure that vulnerable people are provided with the help they need in severe winter weather.
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Help your local school
Kirklees schools do all they can to stay open during severe weather so they appreciate any offers of help to clear paths and make the school grounds and entrances as safe as possible.
To get involved, please contact your local school now and leave your contact details so they can ask for your help if the need arises.
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Join a local self-help group
Could you spare some time to help clear snow close to the homes of vulnerable people? Or help to clear pavements outside community centres so that support services such as lunch clubs can still be made available?
The council provides grit and guidance for these invaluable groups who help to protect the most vulnerable members in our communities. Get in touch with your local ward councillors to find out more about self-help groups in your area.
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