Dear Snow Friend
Thank you for volunteering to be a Snow Friend – the first 24 hours after snow has settled are crucial – our experience shows that after this period, clearing snow is much harder as the snow compacts, freezes and turns to ice. In our summer conferences, we promised to try and give warning that snow was on the way and we can confirm, as you are probably aware from national weather forecast reports, there is a distinct probability that parts of our borough will see snow over this weekend.
Whilst we cannot be completely sure, the latest forecasts indicate that it will snow from Saturday mid evening into the early hours of Sunday morning, with temperatures predicted to fall at or below freezing in much of the borough, including Biggin Hill and Orpington from mid afternoon on Saturday. The possibility of snow will remain at least into the middle of next week, with night time freezing temperatures and low day time temperatures meaning that any snow may not melt that quickly.
Once again, the Council is on 24 hour standby, ready to salt and clear snow from priority routes across the borough. We will also be focussing on clearing snow from pavement areas in town centre shopping areas, transport interchanges and outside schools.
Please make your fellow Snow Friends or neighbours aware of the probability of snow and feel free to forward this e-mail if appropriate. Thank you in advance for your time and effort and if you do need specific advice, please let us know.
Please don’t forget, unless it snows heavily and ‘lifting’ the snow becomes unavoidable, always try to use the scoops as ‘brooms’ rather than ‘levers’ to save energy
and help get the task completed more quickly.
Good luck and thank you once again for contributing to this fantastic team effort!
Councillor Colin Smith
Executive Councillor for Environment
Snow Friends Team
Environmental Services
London Borough of Bromley
Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley BR1 3UH
Tel : 020 8313 4557
email: snow.friends@bromley.gov.uk
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