Road users are being urged to use extreme caution this evening (Monday, January 6) as temperatures go sub-zero.
Lincolnshire County Council’s team of 43 gritters will be in action across a host of routes throughout the county as a perilous evening and night time of icy conditions happens.
Meanwhile, a number of parts of Lincolnshire are experiencing problems with flooding.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue service this lunchtime said it is ‘currently experiencing high call volumes due to widespread flooding’.
Temperatures are due to hit freezing in South Holland later tonight.
LCC gritters boss, Darrell Redford said: “Tonight and into tomorrow is going to be very dicey on the road network because of the extreme conditions we are facing.
“The heavy rain mixed with snow has been difficult enough to deal with, but we’re now facing early freezing temperatures which are going to add a lot of complications for road users.
“The falling temperatures mean that the standing water on the roads will freeze, we will also see run-off water from adjacent land coming across the roads and freezing even more.
“Because of the amount of water that’s already come down, and that which will continue to get onto the roads throughout the rest of the day and night, we could see the salt we’re putting down getting washed away.
“If that’s the case then this will be a very, very dicey period of time, both on the gritted routes and the other roads off them.”
Coun Richard Davies, executive member for Highways at LCC added: “Our weather stations across the county that monitor temperature and humidity are helping us predict that road temperatures will drop below freezing at around 5pm this evening.
“That’s very early for the roads to hit freezing point, and it comes at a naturally busy time for the road network.
“We are doing everything possible with our expert gritting fleet, and will continue to work extremely hard across Lincolnshire as always, but it’s worth everyone being aware of these treacherous conditions ahead of time.”
