COUNCILLORS are to continue to push for Kirklees to stockpile salt to keep the region’s roads open.

The decision to buy 25,000 tonnes last year, after problems with shortages in the previous winter, has been praised.

And the efforts of the council’s highways workers so far this winter to keep roads clear have also been welcomed.

Most routes have been kept open, other than the A6024 Holme Moss and the A635 Greenfield route which shut for a time at the weekend.

The winter planning and gritting teams have been given the approval of scrutiny councillors.

A report to be presented to Cabinet next week backs the current approach of buying in bulk salt supplies and the approach taken on gritting roads.

News of the review comes after more bitter weather was forecast for the Huddersfield area.

Temperatures again dropped below freezing last night and Salendine Nook meteorologist Paul Stevens expects more of the same in the days to come.

“It has not been as cold as last week, when we recorded a temperature of minus 7 degrees, but it is dropping below freezing each night and not rising by too much during the day.

“The next few days look set for much of the same, with cold and dry weather.