Highland Council winter road condition report for Tuesday 20 December 2022

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 20 December 2022 are as follows:

Badenoch and Strathspey

Posted 07:21 - Primary and Secondary routes being treated due to ice and frost. No known overnight issues.

B9007 remains closed and efforts will be made to clear snow and ice to allow road to safely reopen.

Caithness

Posted 08:28 – Roads are wet with positive road surface temperatures. No action required and no other known issues to report.

Inverness

Posted 08:26 – Roads are wet but there are isolated icy patches on some high roads. Treatment is ongoing until road surface temperatures recover.

Lochaber

Posted 08:04 – Roads are wet but treatment being carried out on higher routes. No other known issues to report.

Nairn

Posted 07:20 - Wet roads throughout the area with positive road surface temperatures on lower routes. Hill route being treated this morning. No known overnight issues.

Ross and Cromarty (East)

Posted 08:19 – There are positive road surface temperatures with good salt levels on routes. No further action being taken.

Skye and Raasay

Posted 08:17 – Roads are wet and windy with positive road surface temperatures. No planned action and no known issues reported overnight.

Sutherland

Posted 08:05 - Most of the main roads and inland routes affected with frosty/icy conditions, and being treated as according to policy. No known overnight issues.

School closures

As of 09:00 this morning there are no school closures because of bad weather conditions.

The school closures page on the Council’s website at: www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures is updated from 7am and cleared each evening by 6pm.

Get alerts of closures on Highland Council’s Twitter and Facebook. Or phone 0800 564 2272 to get the latest pre-recorded message from head teachers regarding their school. Have the school's PIN ready when you call.