Winter road maintenance: useful links

This page provides a number of links (at the bottom of the page) to websites which you may find useful.

Winter driving

Advice on driving in winter conditions can be found on our winter driving web page. Similar advice is also provided within our winter maintenance service leaflet which you can down-load and carry with you when travelling. (Please contact us if you would to request a hard copy of this leaflet).

For further guidance on driving in winter conditions from organisations such as the Highways Agency, the Department of Transport's road safety organisation THINK, and "Brake" the road safety charity, follow the links at the bottom of this page.

Winter weather

Shropshire County Council can not provide the public with accurate weather forecasts. However, for further information on winter weather and road reports, listen to your local radio station. Shropshire's local stations include:

• BBC Radio Shropshire - 96FM
• Beacon Radio - 103.1FM
• Severn Radio - 106.5FM (Shrewsbury and Central Shropshire) and 107.1FM (Oswestry and North Shropshire)
• Sunshire 855 Radio - 855AM (South Shropshire)

Local stations usually provide hourly reports. Updates may be provided more frequently during poor winter conditions.

You can also view daily weather forecasts on-line on the BBC, Met Office, Beacon Radio and Severn Radio websites.

Winter maintenance service on other roads

Telford & Wrekin are responsible for maintaining roads in their area. For information on the winter service they provide, please follow the link provided at the bottom of this page.

You can also find out more about how Shropshire' motorways and trunk roads are maintained during the winter, by visiting the Highways Agency website.

• Advice for winter driving from the Highways Agency (www.highways.gov.uk)
• Advice for winter driving from THINK (www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk)
• Advice for winter driving from THINK (www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk)
• BBC Radio Shropshire (www.bbc.co.uk)
• BBC weather (www.bbc.co.uk)
• Beacon Radio weather (www.beaconradiowestmids.co.uk)
• Severn Radio: North Shropshire weather forecasts (www.1071.thesevern.co.uk)
• Severn Radio: Shrewsbury weather (www.1065.thesevern.co.uk)
• Sunshire Radio (www.sunshine-radio.net)
• Met office (www.metoffice.gov.uk)
• Telford and Wrekin Council: winter maintenance service (www.telford.gov.uk)
• Highways Agency: winter maintenance service (www.highways.gov.uk)