Schools closed for central, northern N.B. because of poor road conditions
All schools in four different school districts closed Thursday morning after an overnight snow and freezing rain system hit the province.
Schools in Anglophone West, Anglophone North, Francophone Northwest and Francophone Northeast are closed.
In Francophone South, schools are closed in Baie-Saint-Anne, Fredericton, Miramichi, Richibucto, Rogersville and Saint-Louis de Kent.
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Schools are open for Anglophone East. In Anglophone South, schools are open but some buses are delayed or doing modified runs because of icy road conditions.
On Wednesday, most of central and northern New Brunswick had an Environment Canada snowfall warning in place for up to 20 centimetres of snow mixed with freezing rain in some regions. As of Thursday morning, snowfall warnings only remained for Bathurst and Miramichi areas, with snow and freezing rain conditions expected to end in the morning.
According to the province’s 511, several roads in central, western and northern regions of the province were snow-covered on Thursday morning.
Some roads — including Highway 2 from Meductic to Longs Creek, Highway 108 from Drummond to Plaster Rock, Highway 126 from Miramichi to Rogersville, Highway 180 from Southeast Upsalquitch River to Bathurst, and Highway 11 from Exit 391 to Turgeon Road — were snow-covered and had reduced visibility.
Felicia Murphy with AtkinsRéalis, the company the maintains the Trans-Canada Highway from Longs Creek to the Quebec border, said while people are still able to drive on the highway, they should expect a slower commute.
"Give yourself some extra time and, of course, as always, I do remind them to please be patient and not pass snow plows," she said.
"Give them some space — give each other a lot of space, I guess, and some grace as we begin this wintry season."
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This article was originally published for CBC News.