Snow in Canterbury

A night of heavy snowfall has left more than 10 cm of snow

in parts of Canterbury.

Southeastern Trains are operating an extremely limited service and suffering

major disruption. Mainline tickets are being accepted on high speed services. Stagecoach

buses are running, but subject to delay and cancellation. Yesterday, they were

not running to the UKC campus due to dangerous conditions, but failed to

mention this on their website. Kent

police are urging people to travel only if absolutely necessary. (It should be

noted that, although 17 schools across Canterbury

are closed today, The Department for Education considers travel into school ‘essential’.)

 

Kent County Council claim that they have a salt monitoring

system and salt supplies will not run out over the winter. Salting routes cover

30% of the county’s roads, including all A and B roads, busy commuter routes

and known danger spots. For more information about salting and salt bins, visit

the Kent County Council website.

 

Canterbury

residents may suffer disruption to their rubbish collections. Canterbury City

Council are not cancelling rubbish collections, and aim to provide this service

as soon as possible, although rubbish collection may not occur on the usual

day.