Highland Council winter road condition report for Tuesday, 16 February 2021

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

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.

Road condition reports for Tuesday, 16 February 2021 are as follows:

Lochalsh and Ross & Cromarty West

Posted at 07:12.  Positive road surface temperatures within the area.  Continuing winter maintenance on the A835 to clear unstable snow banks from side of the road. No other known issues.

Lochaber

Posted at 08:35.  No problems overnight.

Skye and Raasay

Posted at 07:02.  Positive road temperatures across domain this morning - no winter action required this morning.  No issues reported overnight.

Caithness

Posted at 10:25.  No winter treatments required this morning, and no known issues overnight.

Inverness

Posted at 06:41.  Roads damp / wet.  There are sections of drifts that only a tractor plough has been through on the Coignafearn road, Tomatin.  Continuing to widen out with digger today to get gritter through, local 4x4s and tractors are managing to get through meantime.

Sutherland

Posted at 08:05.  No action this morning.

Nairn

Posted at 07:57.  Damp roads, positive temperatures, no winter treatments required.

Badenoch and Strathspey

Posted at 07:53.  Damp roads, positive temperatures, no winter treatments required. A939 Grantown to Bridge of Brown remains closed due to drifting snow, works continuing to clear.

Ross and Cromarty East

Posted at 06:35.  Positive temperatures today.  No known issues.

The UK Met Office does not currently have any weather warnings in place.

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