With temperatures getting much colder and snow and ice coming to parts of Yorkshire, councils are working hard to make sure roads remains safe to drive on.
That means gritting is happening regularly to make sure it doesn't get too slippery. Leeds City Council provides a handy interactive map so you can check regularly which roads have been recently gritted.
The council says: "From October to April we aim to keep the most important roads and some major pedestrian areas in Leeds safe and as free as possible from winter hazards."
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The roads that are usually gritted include:
- Main roads
- Most busy roads
- Most bus routes
- Access for hospitals and emergency services
Here's some of the roads that have been gritted in part or full in the past 48 hours as Leeds sees temperatures fall below freezing. These will also be the roads that will be regularly gritted over the winter period.
- Boar Lane
- Swinegate
- Wellington Street
- Neville Street
- A65 Kirkstall Road
- A6120
- A660 Otley Road
- Cardigan Road
- A61
- A58
- A63
- Bullerthorpe Lane
- A62
To see every road that has been gritted and gritting routes, go to the map on the Leeds City Council website by clicking here. The map updates every five minutes.
The council adds: "We monitor weather patterns and use specialised data to help us make the best possible decision on when we need to start gritting:
- priority routes are always salted when ice or snow is forecast and get priority attention during long spells of winter weather
- once we have gritted the priority roads then we will grit other roads
- we aim to salt footpaths and paved areas if there is snow or frost forecast over a prolonged period"
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