Highland Road Conditions Report – Thursday 30 November 2023

The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time.  It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.

Maps of the Council’s gritting routes by priority and policy are available online at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting.

Road conditions reports for Thursday 30 November 2023 are as follows:

Wester Ross:

6:32am: Anecdotally warmer than forecasted. All routes being checked. No known issues. 

Caithness:

8:59am: Mainly damp roads and low temperatures. All routes treated as a precaution. No other known issues to report 

Skye & Raasay:

9.30am: Treatment running on Primary and Secondary routes. No issues to report overnight. 

Sutherland:

7:54am - Main roads receiving treatment. Marginal temperatures but no hazards. Ice affecting some lower priority roads, which are being treated in line with policy.

Lochaber:

7:29am: Gritted according to policy. Low roadside temperatures. No overnight issues. 

Inverness:

7:11am: Snow on higher areas this morning with varying roadside temperatures across the network. Treating all routes as required. No known issues.

Badenoch & Strathspey:

7:21am: Snow overnight and into this morning throughout the area. All routes being treated as well as footways. No known overnight issues.

Nairn:

7:23am: Snow on higher routes overnight and into this morning. Wet roads on lower routes. All routes being treated as necessary. No known overnight issues.

Easter Ross:

8:45am: Cold dry morning with roadside temperatures above those forecast. No action taken as residual salt levels remain high enough to deal with daylight dips in roadside temperatures. No overnight issues. 

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