It comes as Glasgow City Council approves its £.14 million 2022 winter roads and footways maintenance programme.
Glaswegians are being urged to look out for those more vulnerable than themselves this winter while taking steps to mitigate the impact of poor weather conditions.
Detailed hourly weather forecasts highlighting expected hazards such as frost, ice or snow will also be received by the council at 5am, 11am and 5pm. Met Office Meteorologist and resilience expert Will Lang, who leads responses in times of severe weather, said: “Severe winter weather can impact us all, but it’s important to remember that some are more vulnerable than others, especially the elderly and those with underlying“Ahead of severe weather, I’d encourage anyone to check on people they know could be vulnerable and help them take steps to keep safe this winter.
This winter, 18 city council drivers can be on duty on any given night and resources can be increased when necessary.Priority one footway routes include access routes to schools, pedestrian routes, city centre footways with high pedestrian traffic and shopping centres outside the city centre. All main bus routes, public roads which access fire, ambulance or police stations, Buchanan Bus Station and A or B class roads have been deemed as priority level one for carriageway routes.
Councillor Jon Molyneux said: “I would be very interested in taking up the offer in seeing the operation in practice so I will be in touch about that.
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