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West Neighbourhood Winter Weather
West Neighbourhood Winter Weather Updates
During periods of particularly bad / severe weather we will post
update information on our response to local weather related issues
below.
Be prepared
The best way to help yourself and your community is to be
prepared for winter weather. Information on how to get ready for
winter is available from the Council website's winter
weather pages.
For urgent out of hours enquiries, please call 0131 200 2000
Kind Regards
Natalie Hoy, West
Neighbourhood Manager
Information for Severe Weather situations in the City of
Edinburgh Area
Please check the City of Edinburgh Council's Winter
Weather pages for more detailed information on salt
bin locations, road treatment priorities, road, school and library
closures, interruptions to waste collections and alternative
collection arrangements. Any emergency information will be
available on the Winter Weather pages.
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/winterweather
The Council's edintravel twitter
account provides real time travel news.
West Severe Weather Information:
The West Neighbourhood has been working with the Winter
Weather Working Together team, Neighbourhood Partnerships and local
communities over the past year to establish a programme of
supporting resources for our communities in the event of severe
winter weather.
Specific consultation has been undertaken with our
Neighbourhood Partnerships to ensure all of our communities needs
are represented.
In addition to the priority road and pavement
pre-gritting, snow clearance and subsequent gritting, locations of
high priority have been identified across the West
Neighbourhood.
These include:
- Schools and nurseries
- Medical Centres
- Sheltered Housing
- Nursing Homes
- Community Centres/Amenities
- Local shopping areas
The link below is to the Winter Road and Pavement
Maintenance page where, amongst other information, there is an
interactive map of Salt Bins and Gritting Routes (CW
Priority 1 and 2 only at the moment)
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/1291/roads_and_pavements-adverse_weather_plans/361/winter_road_and_pavement_maintenance/1
There is also a searchable directory of the Bins for those
who are visually impaired (this version can work with screen
readers so I'm told) and there will be a similar resource soon form
Gritting Routes.
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory/75/salt_bin_locations_in_edinburgh
Any queries relating to Winter Weather support in
your area can be logged with Clarence on freephone 0800 23 23 23 or
at Clarence@edinburgh.gov.uk
