Donegal County Council has dispatched gritters to main routes across the county tonight due to widespread frost.
Gritters treated all routes from 3pm this afternoon. Roads will be treated again from 9pm.
Tonight’s forecast from Met Eireann reports: “Cold and mostly clear this evening and tonight with temperatures dropping to between 0 and -3 degrees, with widespread frost and icy conditions forming. A chance of a shower on coasts. A few mist patches will develop in light northeast breezes.”
Motorists are being warned to take extra care in the morning also.
Tomorrow will start dry and sunny with frost and ice slow to clear in the morning.
ALL routes will be gritted from 9PM on Sun. 03/01. Donegal gritting route index as follows:
- 06: Inishowen West
- 04: Inishowen South
- 01: National Primary North
- 02: National Primary Central
- 03: National Primary South
- 07: Milford South
- 08: Milford North
- 09: Cill Ulta East
- 10: Cill Ulta West
- 11: Na Rosa
- 12: Binswilly
- 13: Stranorlar North
- 14: Stranorlar East
- 15: Stranorlar West
- 16: Donegal West
- 17: Donegal North
- 18: Donegal South
- 19: Donegal National Secondary
- 05: Inishowen East
- BT: Buncrana Town
- LT: Letterkenny Town
Check Donegal County Council’s interactive map for gritting routes
Assume that no road is ice free.