Dublin City Council plan for expected bad weather

Dublin, Ireland - Dublin City Council has been closely monitoring weather forecasts over the past few days and has a Winter Maintenance Plan in place for the bad weather expected over the next 24 to 48 hours.

Our salt barns are full to capacity. Our

gritting lorries, snowploughs and operational staff from our Roads Division are on standby and ready to be called into action. In the event of freezing temperatures, ice and snow, we will treat 300km of our main roads across the City and will be working to keep these clear of snow and ice. We will have a 24 hour presence on our road network, to ensure operational continuity throughout any prolonged period of poor weather.

Crews from Road Maintenance Services have been gritting roads every night this week. Nine crews spread c.150 tonnes of salt across 300km of the road network between the hours of 2:30am and 6:30am this morning.

We would advise all road users, including cyclists, to take care on the roads and slow down.

We do not anticipate flooding to be an issue over the coming days, however river levels remain high and we will continue to monitor the situation.

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) has activated its Extreme Weather Protocol and has coordinated and implemented contingency plans that will operate for the duration of the current Met Éireann Weather Advisory.  Presently there is spare accommodation capacity every night, however if the weather deteriorates further, the DRHE has additional contingency beds ready to come into operation. We have also, in collaboration with the HSE and Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT), implemented additional measures to manage the impact of COVID19 for the duration of this severe weather to ensure that the most vulnerable people are protected.  We will continue to monitor the situation closely in partnership with all our service providers.