BwD Roads

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Road closures remain in place on London Road, Blackburn Street and Inkerman Street.

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Following the gas explosion at a property on London Road in Blackburn last night, we’ve issued an update on what we know as of Monday afternoon.

Read it here: https://t.co/yYL2yKlm7U

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Please avoid these areas and plan alternative routes.

We’ll provide further updates when these roads reopen.

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Following the gas explosion on London Road in Blackburn yesterday evening, a number of road closures are still in place.

Part of London Road around the properties affected

Top of Blackburn Street, where it meets London Road

Top of Inkerman Street, where it meets London Road

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Due to limited resources, the busiest roads are prioritised by the gritting and ploughing teams to ensure they are kept open and safe.

There's currently in excess of 350 grit bins across BwD. Find your nearest grit bin through this interactive map https://t.co/Dn4JOawHKb.

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Temperatures are set to fall to MINUS 5 during the early hours of tomorrow morning 🥶 and the freeze will continue over the weekend.

Our BwD Roads team are already GRIT READY, making sure that all major routes are covered. 💪🏼

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Over 3,000 tonnes of rock salt is spread on Blackburn with Darwen’s roads each year.

The Borough has over 340 miles of roads, with 165 miles of them gritted as part of the primary and secondary gritting routes. 🚚

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❄️ Gritting Action for Friday 24th November 2023 ❄️

⚠️ RSTs BELOW ZERO ⚠️

Next 24 hours;
🌡️ Minimum Temperature: -3.9C
⏱️ Sub Zero Period: 6pm Friday - 10am Saturday
⚠️ Hazards: Frost
🕒 Gritting Start Time: 4pm Friday

🌨 Snow Summary: None

☁️ Fore… https://t.co/QDqAdVRy3r

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🚧 Upcoming Roadworks for Week Commencing 27th November 23 🚧

This bulletin provides information on planned roadworks starting next week, which involves traffic management. Please bear in mind that these are planned roadworks only for which permit app… https://t.co/AuHFrHe4KA

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🚧 Upcoming Roadworks for Week Commencing 20th November 23 🚧

This bulletin provides information on planned roadworks starting next week, which involves traffic management. Please bear in mind that these are planned roadworks only for which permit app… https://t.co/1D2Zve1c7r

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🚨 Public Service Announcement 🚨

The council are aware of a number of York stone thefts in the Griffin area of Blackburn. We have passed a significant amount of information to the police who are currently investigating.

If anyone has any information… https://t.co/PmYXwjt2TU

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📣 Public Service Announcement 📣

The council are aware of a number of York stone thefts in the Griffin area of Blackburn. We have passed a significant amount of information to the police who are currently investigating.

If anyone has any information… https://t.co/8VQqJnILTu

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✅ Works now complete at A666 (Fernhurst) Bolton Road, Blackburn ✅

It has taken longer than we expected, and we have had to constantly chase Fulcrum throughout the morning, but the work on the A666 has been removed, and the road has returned to norma… https://t.co/Q1BisXfaZV

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🚦 Update on works at A666 (Fernhurst) Bolton Road, Blackburn 🚦

As previously advised in our weekly roadworks update last week, works started on the A666 this morning to provide an electrical connection to The Fernhurst's new EV charging infrastructu… https://t.co/nAwpbenzT4

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As expected #StormDebi has brought some disruption.
Our Highways team are dealing with several fallen trees across & working to minimise disruption during rush hour.
Take care when out on the roads:

⏰ Allow extra time for travelling

🏎️ Reduce your speed

🌳 Beware of debris.

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🚧 Upcoming Roadworks for Week Commencing 13th November 23 🚧

This bulletin provides information on planned roadworks starting next week, which involves traffic management. Please bear in mind that these are planned roadworks only for which permit app… https://t.co/4xGmqLhjmV

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🚧 Upcoming Roadworks for Week Commencing 6th November 23 🚧

This bulletin provides information on planned roadworks starting next week, which involves traffic management. Please bear in mind that these are planned roadworks only for which permit appl… https://t.co/6U9DIuz7UO

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📝 WINTER MAINTENANCE FAQ 📝

When does the Winter Maintenance season Start and End?
We start to monitor the everyday forecasts from October to April.

How often are the forecasts updated?
Forecasts are issued twice a day at 12:00 and 19:00 with add… https://t.co/KDfMXGvDXR

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This peace march has been planned by a local resident. The Council and @LancsPolice are supporting with traffic management to minimise disruption & keep everyone safe.

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⚠️ Traffic advice – potential disruption on Saturday! ⚠️
We wanted to alert you to possible disruption on roads in and around Blackburn town centre from 2pm Sat 28 October, due to a planned peace march which is expected to attract hundreds of people.

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Anyone who will be in these areas from 2pm on Saturday should consider their route, or allow more time for journeys.
This includes anyone travelling to Ewood Park for @Rovers v @SwansOfficial at 3pm.