A key bus route in Glasgow has been terminated due to roads "not being gritted".
First Glasgow announced the disruption will be caused to its number 75 service to Castlemilk.
Disgruntled customers have Tweeted the operator asking when the service will resume.
@perrettt_moira Good morning. There's a disruption at Carmunock Road and Castlemilk due to the road not being gritted. They're terminating at T.A. At Carmunnock Road, 46 at Croftfoot Road. We contacted to get gritted but no update yet, I will chase this up for you -NM
— First Glasgow (@FirstinGlasgow) January 8, 2021
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To their response, First Glasgow said: "There's a disruption at Carmunock Road and Castlemilk due to the road not being gritted."
The service is currently having to terminate at Carmunnock Road.
@hmmmmm2011 We're currently trying to arrange gritting then need the road to become suitable, we will tweet out once we've got confirmation it's okay for our services to continue -NM
— First Glasgow (@FirstinGlasgow) January 8, 2021
The bus operator has contacted gritting services for an update.
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: "Carmunnock Road and other priority routes in the Castlemilk area were gritted on Thursday evening from 8pm onwards and then again from 1am onwards this morning.
"We are currently viewing Carmunnock Road on our traffic cameras and can see the road is running black, although drivers should still approach with caution.
"A further gritting treatment will be undertaken this morning and we will make a physical check on the road to see if there are any local issues.
"It should be stressed that certain conditions such as snow covering grit that is laid down can undermine the effectiveness of any gritting treatments."
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