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Roads struggle through heavy snow and lack of salt

This month’s heavy snowfall put pressure on transport networks across the UK.

Lee Baker
22 January 2010
Snow closed the A66 trans-Pennine road at Stainmore, 440 metres above sea level
Snow closed the A66 trans-Pennine road at Stainmore, 440 metres above sea level

 

Highway authorities across the country are hoping for a mild end to the winter after this month’s heavy snow led to a shortage of salt for keeping roads passable.

Transport secretary Lord Adonis urged them to use 40-50% less salt and said it  would have to be rationed for the rest of the winter in order to prevent putting “essential roads at risk of closure if the freeze continues”.

Despite the winter being the severest since 1981, Lord Adonis said “the vast...

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