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Freeze chaos on the roads
Snow covered: Cars yesterday in Aldam Rd,Totley.
ICE, freezing temperatures and abandoned cars were set to create nightmare travelling conditions for commuters today after South Yorkshire was battered by snow.
Thousands of side roads remained blanketed today, despite intensive gritting and snowplough operations, posing a major headache for some drivers.
The snow brought traffic chaos to the county after it swept in on an icy wind on Saturday.
Many buses were cancelled, Robin Hood Airport at Finningley, near Doncaster, was closed, as were the Snake and Woodhead passes across the Peak District between South Yorkshire and Manchester.
Three people were hurt when the Land Rover they were in crashed into a wall in snow on Saturday.
The trio were carried out on spinal boards after firefighters cut the roof off the vehicle following the crash on Rutland Road, Burngreave, at about 11am on Saturday.
A Sheffield City Council spokeswoman said all “priority one” routes - some 250 miles - were treated before the snowfall and all remained driveable with care.
Work continued throughout yesterday to tackle some 470 miles of “priority two” routes despite “extremely difficult conditions” in some places.
Coun Leigh Bramall, council transport spokesman, said: “We believe it is right to do whatever it takes to ensure the city’s roads are kept open during severe weather, to help the economy and for public safety.
“I’d like to say a huge thank you to the council’s Street Force staff who have been dealing with the adverse weather throughout the weekend.
“I’d also like to thank the 96 snow wardens in Sheffield who have volunteered to get out and help their community, and of course the people of Sheffield for their patience.”
And although temperatures were forecast to rise as high as 5C today, weathermen warned bitterly cold nights will continue until at least Thursday.
Paul Mott, forecaster at Meteo Group, urged motorists and pedestrians to beware of icy patches.
Wayne Southall, emergency services manager at Sheffield Council, said gritters and snowploughs were busy all night and appealed to people to move cars on main roads.
He said: “It would make our job much easier if people could move some of the cars causing problems.”
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Weather for Sheffield
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 11 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: East
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scratch`
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 03:50 PMI'm staggered by the number of households where a path has been carefully cleared from the front door, across the footpath to where their car is parked - but no thought given to clearing a path along the frontage where there's now hardpacked lethal ice, so pedestrians are forced into the road. Hope there's no muppet in a 4x4 coming along!
kylek
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:33 PM@Muunkyboy Owned :P
lightningstrike
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:27 PMPost #8 - Apparently this is just an urban myth.
Tawny
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:25 PMHowever muunkyboy, the report published on Sunday does say 11PM - "The 4x4 was on Cooks Wood Road, Burngreave, approaching the junction with Rutland Road, when it crashed at 11pm on Saturday." . . . http:www.thestar.co.uknewslocalsnow_three_people_injured_after_vehicle_hits_a_wall_in_sheffield_1_4215413
smithy266
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:22 PMComment removed by moderator
Tawny
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 02:15 PMSorry muunkyboy @7, but the article does say 11am - "The trio were carried out on spinal boards after firefighters cut the roof off the vehicle following the crash on Rutland Road, Burngreave, at about 11am on Saturday." . . . kylek @6 is commenting correctly.
kayte
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:58 PMI always used to clear the footpath in front of my house until the next door neighbour informed me that if the cleared ground froze and someone slipped they would sue me, Now I just leave it - s0d them all!
muunkyboy
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:41 PM@kylek it says 11pm you muppet. #shouldhavegonetospecsavers
kylek
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:21 PMWhy is it as soon as adrop of snow falls everyone turns into idiots? I mean seriously you must be some really bad drivers about to manage to have a crash! Also i would like to point out a mistake in the above. "Three people were hurt when the Land Rover they were in crashed into a wall in snow on Saturday. The trio were carried out on spinal boards after firefighters cut the roof off the vehicle following the crash on Rutland Road, Burngreave, at about 11am on Saturday." 11am Saturday???!!! THERE WAS NO SNOW!!! It did not start snowing untill late afternoon, i know, i was stood outside from 9:30am untill 4:00pm.
CHAP LAD
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 01:19 PMFFS When did clearing two inch of snow off your own front become the councils job ,Ive lived for over 50 years and to my knowledge its always been down to the individual except on the routes the council grits ,i.e bus routes,main roads ect and side roads when it has the time and resources. Man up you whinging lot and get a shovel out As for grit bins there a comprehensive list of the locations of them on the council web site which took me two minutes to find or are you all too flipping idle to even look that up . https:www.sheffield.gov.ukroadsmaintenancewintersalt-bins.html#bottomofpage
doubtful
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:52 AMThat's true Tawny.... as in the crash at Cookswood RdRutland Road. Shelley14.... YOU ARE the snow wardens. As long as you are out there the councillors will sit in their luxury offices laughing at you. Pay your council tax, do the work yourself, and buy your own grit. Sheffield 2012. Same old, same old.
sunni
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:50 AMI feel that a great job has been done keeping Sheffield moving, from the gritters that were out all Saturday to the workers in town early Sunday morning clearing the paths and laying grit, you all did a great job! Thank you all.
Shelley14
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:38 AMI am glad that the snow wardens were out and about, however, we didnt see them. It took 2 hours to clear our road yesterday, most of the neighbours were out doing that and didnt see any of these wardens, which I am assuming were used in areas with bigger problems. We managed to get some grit, since we dont have a grit bin at the top of the road, some of the kids went and got some and were even helping. One of our neighbours who has a 4x4 kept going up and down the road, just to create a track, which also helped but we need some more grit, does anyone know can we get some even if we live off a main road?
Tawny
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 09:54 AMOne thing to remember you idiots driving your 4x4's at break neck speed. They can still skid and crash in this bad weather and you will more than likely come to more grief because of the speed you are travelling.
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