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Lancashire County Council is responsible for carrying out salting/gritting and snow clearing within Pendle. Even so, not all roads can be treated. There is a priority order comprising:

• county motorways and principal "A" roads
• all "B" roads

and then

• between or through large population centres
• roads servicing hospitals, ambulances and fire stations
• roads leading to main centres of employment and on important commuter routes
• roads leading to important industrial and military establishments
• roads providing the only access to a village

Please note that estate and other minor roads without appreciable gradients are not treated.

A weather forecast is received by computer link each day in winter from the Met Office. This forecast is fine tuned locally by recordings received from a weather station east of Laneshaw Bridge. A decision is then made on whether or not to grit. This hi-tech forecast is backed up by confirmation site visits to known trouble spots.

The list of roads to be treated may be extended when snow and ice persist and provided that the above priority roads have been already been restored.

Online services:

• Interactive map showing primary and secondary gritting routes in Lancashire (external link)
• Get updates from Pendle Borough Council and Lancashire County Council direct to your computer or mobile device via Twitter. Follow Pendle Council or Lancashire County Council.

Further information:

• Lancashire County Council's Winter Highway Maintenance Pages
• Lancashire County Council's Gritting Pages
• Pendle Council's Footpath Gritting Routes
  
• Pendle Council's Winter Weather Advice Pages
• Lancashire County Council's Winter Weather Advice Pages
  

Related services:

• Snow clearance - salt boxes