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Essex: Updates of weather warnings across county
6:00pm Saturday 4th February 2012
Essex County Council is advising people to prepare for severe winter weather this weekend.
Freezing condition and a Saturday night snowfall is predicted.
Gritters were out across the county last night and decisions on further routes will be taken throughout the weekend.
Essex County Council is keeping its fleet of winter gritters on standby to treat the county’s road network when required, with 120 personnel on standby over a 24 hour period.
A spokesman said: "The County Council is required to focus its gritting resources on keeping major roads clear, so it operates a precautionary salting network.
"This includes all ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads, access routes for emergency services, rural link roads and major public transport routes.
"In the event of severe weather residents are advised to take extra care if driving, and only travel if it is necessary.
"If residents do need to travel then they should check the condition of their car tyres and battery before they leave, and pack an emergency kit in case they get stuck for a while (containing items like warm clothing, bottled water, mobile phone and a torch).
"Residents are also advised that they can take action to clear their own local pavements and pathways of snow and ice, as long as they take a careful and common sense approach."
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