Dear All,

GRITTING: The bad weather has returned and also problems related to gritting. The main problem it seems is that the Council's contractors use the same people to grit and try to repair the roads. So if it freezes they have to switch repair gangs over to do the gritting which doesn't always happen smoothly.

The Diversion route is via Stockton and that route is in such a poor condition it cannot be used until it is improved.

THE STOCKTON ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY, 28th) AND CONTINUE FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEK IF NEEDED. THE STOCKTON ROAD WILL BE CLOSED 9AM TO 4PM approximately.

There will be access to properties and for emergency services.

Dear All

Here is a message from Waste Services:

Although the weather was bad across the whole county there was particular disruption to waste collections in South Shropshire and the former Bridgnorth district yesterday with less than 20% of scheduled collections completed. We have an established protocol and communications plan to deal with such events and I have copied the key messages below for your information. In addition, it has been agreed that garden waste collections have been canceled today in both South Shropshire and Bridgnorth areas in order to allow the crews to support the residual catch-up, and in some cases help with recycling.