With weather forecasters predicting the current cold snap to last up to the weekend, up to 18 crews are out gritting the county’s main roads to keep Central Bedfordshire moving.
Councillor Brian Spurr, Executive Member for Sustainable Communities Services said: “Our gritting crews are ready and prepared to work around the clock to keep this county moving should the weather get worse.”
So far crews have been out 29 times since November gritting up to 50% of the county’s roads.
Councillor Spurr said: “If there is a heavy snow fall, we now have ploughs on standby.”