Winter weather update from county council

Winter weather update Friday, January 8 at 10am:

Snow has fallen across much of Denbighshire overnight and is expected to continue throughout today. Here is the latest situation in the county.

Roads: All routes have been treated twice overnight and gritting teams are on duty and are patrolling all routes today.

We are experiencing some difficulties on the following routes across the network:

Road Closures:

Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen

All routes to Moel Famau

These roads remain open at present and are passable with care:

Nant y Garth Pass

Rhydtalog

Llandegla

Clwyd Gate (Ruthin-bound from Mold)

Bus services: Passengers attempting to use bus services this morning are asked to plan for some disruption, owing to snowfall.

The X51 service between Denbigh and Wrexham is currently suspended south of Ruthin.

All services between Ruthin and Mold are currently using the A494 main road and are not diverting via villages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The 192 service Melin y Wig to Llangollen will not operate.

Waste Collection: Owing to the weather there will disruption to waste collection services in the south of the county. Further updates will be provided throughout the day.

Schools: Ysgol Bro Famau, Ysgol Carreg Emlyn, Ysgol Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Ysgol Tremeirchion, Ysgol Bodfari, Ysgol Pant Pastynog, Ysgol Betws Gwerful Goch, Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn and Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch are closed to children required to be on school premises. Online learning continues unaffected for all schools.

Housing: The Council’s housing contact centre is still open but presently only responding to urgent and emergency calls.