ANOTHER blanket of snow – possibly the last of this season – has closed schools and caused chaos on the roads today.
The Glenshane Pass is in a dangerous state with country roads leaving Derry in the direction of Belfast and Donegal are very very poor.
Schools closed include Drumachose Primary School, Limavady High School, Limavady, St. Canice’s Primary School, Feeny, Ashlea Primary and Nursery School, Tullyally, Oakgrove Integrated College, Roe Valley Integrated Primary, Foyle College, Drumahoe Primary School, Cumber Claudy.
The PSNI has urged caution on roads today particularly in County Derry.
A number of schools have also been closed in Co Tyrone today.
The Foyle Bridge wasn’t gritted and that has resulted in travel chaos in and around the bridge.
“The main through routes were salted last night and again this morning. They are all passable with care, a lot of the roads haven’t experienced much traffic yet and it will take the action of traffic to turn the salt to brine and eventually remove it from the roads,” insisted Stephen Smith from Transport NI.
Cllr Martin Reilly: “There are very heavy tailbacks from the city side to the waterside on the Foyle bridge and that seems to have had a domino effect.
“There were a number of cars that were struggling to come off the bridge onto the Caw Roundabout.”
A number of school bus services in Derry have also been cancelled including the Reddans and McGonagles service to Thornhill.
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