For a seventh straight day, there are more road closures in Bruce and Grey Counties due to the blast of snowy weather.
The roads began to close last Friday and the closures continue on this Thursday, forcing schools in the two Counties to close again and some school buses in the region have also been cancelled again.
There are still a number of road closures http://bit.ly/1gBJ4rn and school bus cancellations http://bit.ly/1ehRxC6
Grey County Highways has re-opened many of the 20-plus roads that were closed Wednesday due to whiteout conditions.
There were also two separate collisions between Meaford and Thornbury on Highway 26 but no major injuries were reported.
Callers to our newsroom say most County roads near Highway 26 in the Meaford and Thornbury areas, are impassable.
Bruce County also kept a number of roads closed on Thursday and pulled the plows off the roads after 9 PM on Thursday.
There was also a propane truck crash that closed Highway 10 from Flesherton to Dundalk on Thursday evening.
It’s been quite the week and we know of a number of fender benders reported, including an OPP cruiser getting smacked twice while responding to a call near Jackson.
That stretch of Highway 21 was closed at two different times on Thursday afternoon due to three separate collisions.
It follows a Wednesday that was so bad, that Police shut down the Bruce Peninsula because of the weather.
And Environment Canada and Bayshore Broadcasting Weather Specialist John Wilson is calling for more blowing snow Thursday night and another major winter storm is expected Tuesday through Thursday.
If you missed the news on Wednesday, the storm forced the Warden of Dufferin County to declare a state of emergency.
Bill Hill says local resources have been exhausted and mutual assistance agreements need to be implemented to manage this situation.
Even an OPP officer was injured responding to the crash
