A senior roads Engineer at Donegal County Council has defended a decision not to send gritters out overnight.
Brendan O’Donnell was responding to considerable online criticism that gritters weren’t deployed to treat primary roads, despite there being a yellow snow and ice warning in place.
Gritters we sent out from 6am this morning however severe overnight frost left routes in the county treacherous.
Mr. O’Donnell says a lot of factors were at play in making the decision:
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