Changes announced to local Citizens Advice service

The following changes have been announced to the service offered by Denbighshire Citizens Advice:

County council issues advice on waste collections hit by weather

Denbighshire County Council says that due to the adverse weather some of its scheduled waste collections in areas including Llangollen may have not been completed.

In a message to residents it says: "Our recycling crews have encountered some road access issues on smaller, more rural, roads during some of their rounds today. 

"It is therefore likely that some scheduled waste collections will not be completed. 

"If you have been missed today, the council will be prioritising the re-collection of residual and Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) waste. Once the weather clears and the roads are deemed safe, we will be working as hard as possible to collect these missed collections.

 

"However, if there are further issues tomorrow with bad weather, further communication will be given on this issue in due course. As the recycling is a weekly collection service we will not be returning to collect any missed recycling containers this week and therefore these properties will be collected on your next scheduled collection day. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

"Please note we will take additional recycling material next week from any households we weren’t able to collect from today. If you need to present additional recycling then this material needs to kept separated.

 

"If you live in any of the areas mentioned - including Llangollen - and we missed your waste/recycling collection, please do not report this via our website or our Customer Services Team as we will already be aware of this missed collection."

Weather sees county postpone work on A539 in Llangollen

Denbighshire County Council says that planned works on the A539 in Llangollen, between Wednesday and Friday, November 20-22 have been postponed due to this week's weather forecast. 

The council adds: "We will reschedule the works as soon as possible, dependent on resources and weather, and inform you with an update when we have confirmation."

Nightingale House Hospice holds its Christmas celebration

 

Bleak scene around Castell Dinas Bran

 

* The snow has not long stopped falling leaving this very bleak and wintry scene around Castell Dinas Bran just before noon. 

Police witness appeal after two people die in collision

West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses after two people died in a collision in Oswestry.

At around 5pm on Sunday November 17 two vehicles collided on the A5 near to the Mile End roundabout.

A blue Peugeot estate had been travelling westbound towards Oswestry and a grey Renault box van had been travelling in the opposite direction before they both collided.

The driver of the van, a 33-year-old man, and the driver of the car involved, an 81-year-old man, were both pronounced dead at the scene.

Two passengers also travelling in the van suffered minor injuries.

Officers are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage of the incident.

* Get in touch with the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) on sciunorth@westmercia.police.uk or by calling 01743 261833.

County council outlines winter roads priorities

Denbighshire County Council says that during the winter period its highways team will be out gritting, ensuring that roads are safe to use in adverse conditions. 

The spreading of salt is to prevent ice from forming on the roads when icy or frosty conditions are forecast. However, for this to be effective the salt must be crushed by traffic.

 

Denbighshire’s network covers several roads ranging from little-used rural roads and narrow tracks leading to isolated properties, to regional strategic routes such as the A55.

 

These gritted networks are currently split into nine routes. Four of those cover the north of the county running from the Kinmel depot, with the remaining five covering the middle and south of the county running from the Lon Parcwr depot in Ruthin. 

 

These nine routes cover approximately 950km, with 605km of it being treated - which is further than driving from the Ruthin depot to Penzance, Cornwall.

 

The aim is to grit priority gritting routes four hours before a minimum temperature of zero degrees.

Priority gritting routes include:

• Main classified routes (A and B roads).
• Principal bus routes.
• Access routes to hospitals, schools and cemeteries.
• Access to police, fire, ambulance and rescue services.
• Primary routes serving substantial villages/communities.
• Main industrial routes that are important to the local economy.
• Main access routes to shopping areas.
• Areas where known problems exist, such as exposed areas, steep gradients and other roads liable to icing.

 

Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “I would like to thank the highways team for their tireless efforts during this particularly busy period, who are often on-call throughout the night to ensure that the roads are safe to use. The work they do means that residents can continue with minimal disruptions to their day and essential amenities are accessible despite the adverse weather.”