{"id":673098,"date":"2026-01-04T10:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/673098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:35:13","slug":"list-of-north-wales-road-closures-on-sunday-january-4-as-heavy-snow-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/673098\/","title":{"rendered":"List of North Wales road closures on Sunday January 4 as &#8216;heavy snow&#8217; hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weather is badly impacting the road network<\/p>\n<p>07:40, 04 Jan 2026Updated 10:29, 04 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_llangy.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A weather alert for ice and heavy snow is in place this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The alerts cover <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/anglesey\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Anglesey<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/gwynedd\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GwyneddLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Gwynedd<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/conwy\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ConwyLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Conwy<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/denbighshire\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"DenbighshireLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Denbighshire<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/flintshire\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FlintshireLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Flintshire<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/wrexham\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WrexhaLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Wrexha<\/a> m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Met Office warned of travel disruption due to snow and ice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There are already major incidents on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/a55\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">A55<\/a> and A487.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Current closures and problems:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">(9.20am) Reports of slow traffic due to accident on A5 in both directions around Braichmelyn.<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> Update at 10.10am<\/strong> &#8211; road now closed at Bethesda High Street.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Reports of accident on A548 Sealand Road at Burgess Drive.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">A4086 in both directions just passable due to snow from the A498 (Pont Pen-y-benglog) to Nant Ffynnon (Nant Peris).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">A55 J11 Llandygai &#8211; Closed. Junction currently closed due to poor weather conditions and an incident involving HGV&#8217;S. <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">(now open, 8am)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">A487 closed in both directions Maentwrog &#8211; Gellilydan.<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> (now passable with care)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Reports of accident on Penrhos Road around Penchwintan Road in Bangor.<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> (now clear)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Major snow on the A5 between Capel Curig and Bethesda.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">A4244 in both directions just passable due to snow from A4086 to the Clwt y Bont turn off.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Many smaller Eryri roads now closed with bus firm saying &#8220;area is <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\"\/>not serviceable&#8221; at this time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Join the North Wales Live <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/join-north-wales-live-whatsapp-27935216\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">WhatsApp community group where you can get the latest stories delivered straight to your phone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weather is badly impacting the road network 07:40, 04 Jan 2026Updated 10:29, 04 Jan 2026 A weather alert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,189315,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-673098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-north-wales-weather","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115836389911809782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}