Storm Eowyn
Storm Eowyn – Clean up operation
Saturday 25 January 2025 10:30am
Following extensive damage in the wake of Storm Eowyn our operatives are working in conjunction with East and South Ayrshire Council, Police Scotland and Scottish Power to co-ordinate clear up operations throughout our road network.
Whilst the Met Office Red weather warning has passed, Yellow warnings are in place for snow and ice, therefore our gritters will be out from 4pm this evening. However due to the nature of Storm Eowyn many roads may continue to remain hazardous due to fallen trees and dangerous building. We urge the travelling public to exercise extreme caution if travelling today as roads may be icy and advanced warning signage may not be in place.
Occurring incidents should be reported to the following numbers:
Emergency services: In life-threatening situations, dial 999 immediately.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran: 111
East Ayrshire Council: 0345 724 0000
South Ayrshire Council: 0300 123 0900
Scottish Water: 0800 077 8778
Scottish Power: 105
People urged to stay at home
Friday 24 January 2025 16:50pm
Police Scotland is urging the public to follow travel advice as the impacts from Storm Eowyn continue to be felt.
The Met Office’s Red weather warning expires at 5pm and an Amber warning for high winds will be in place until 9pm for the central and southern / border areas and 6am on Saturday 25 January for north of the central belt. People should continue to avoid travel during the adverse weather.
East Ayrshire Council and the Ayrshire Roads Alliance are urging people to follow this advice. The situation remains extremely dangerous.
Storm Eowyn has had a significant impact across East Ayrshire and caused widespread disruption, especially to our road network.
Fallen trees and damaged buildings are significantly impacting the roads network. There are a significant number of road blockages and not all locations are known. Due to the red weather warning restriction on travel, Ayrshire Roads Alliance has been unable to attend these incidents therefore please be aware that warning signage is not in place.
A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place from midnight, Friday 24 January until 11am Saturday 25 January. Ayrshire Roads Alliance has identified critical priority routes to be gritted but significant sections of our road network will remain untreated, due to ongoing adverse conditions. People are therefore urged to exercise extreme caution if they are driving.
The clear up will only be able to take place during daylight, and the Council and Ayrshire Roads Alliance teams will be operating across the area at the weekend. Thank you for your patience and understanding during these unprecedented conditions.
The ongoing issues will also affect bin collection services planned for Saturday 25 January. If your residual waste collection was missed today, Friday 24 January, please present your bin before 6.30am on Saturday and every effort will be made to collect it.
Safety inspections are planned for all Council facilities, including schools, over the weekend.
Reported incidents:
Road Closure
Access road to Ayrshire Athletics Arena, off of Queens Drive, Kilmarnock (Queens Drive is open)
Montgomerie Street, Girvan - CLEARED
Fallen Trees
A70 Barrhill Road at Butehill Care Home - CLEARED
A70, Coalhall - CLEARED
A70 Coylton to Coalhall - CLEARED
A70, Coylton to Drongan - CLEARED
A70, Coylton to Hillhead - CLEARED
A70, Dumfries House, Cumnock - CLEARED
A70 Killoch, Coalhall - CLEARED
A70, Muirkirk - CLEARED
A70 Manse Road, Muirkirk
A71, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
A71 Loudounhill
A71, Mayfield Industrial Estate - CLEARED
A71, Moorfield - CLEARED
A78 on slip to Loans - CLEARED
A714 Ash Cottage - CLEARED
A714, Pinwherry to Barrhill, Barhill
A719 Galston Road - CLEARED
A719 Electric Brae, Ayr - CLEARED
A719, Hurlford
A719 near junction for Carnell Estate - CLEARED
A719 Whitletts near Travelodge - CLEARED
A735 Dunlop to Lugton - CLEARED
A735 Dunlop just after rail bridge - CLEARED
A759, Dundonald - CLEARED
B705, Kirkmichael
B706, Dunlop
B706 over Lugton Burn - CLEARED
B741 (at the railway bridge), Girvan
B741, Heading towards New Cumnock
B741 White Buridge junction
B742 Meadowhead to Annbank
B742 and A713 to Dalrymple
B743, Ayr Road, Mauchline - CLEARED
B743 Barr Valley Road - CLEARED
B743 Auchencruive - CLEARED
B743 Barr to Pinwherry
B743, Dalrymple
B743 roundabout at the A77, heading towards Mossblown - CLEARED
B743, Mauchline - CLEARED
B743 Mossblown to Tarbolton - CLEARED
B743 Pennyvenie Bing
B743, Whitletts to Mossblown - CLEARED
B749, Troon
B750 Kilmarnock Road, Dundonald - CLEARED
B751, Kilmaurs - CLEARED
B769 Old Glasgow Road - CLEARED
B769 Kirkland
B769, Stewarton - CLEARED
B7024 Culroy to Minishant - CLEARED
B7027 Knowe Road, Barrhill - CLEARED
B7034, Dalrymple - CLEARED
B7036 Barony Road, Ochiltree - CLEARED
B7034 Garden Street - CLEARED
B7037, Galston - CLEARED
B7037 Galston to Sorn - CLEARED
B7042 Neither Auchendrain - CLEARED
B7045, Kirkmichael Road, Kirkmichael - CLEARED
B7045 Aitkenhead Mill - CLEARED
C3 Springs Road - CLEARED
C46 Kirkmichael Road, Maybole - CLEARED
C50 Brackenhill Road
C58 Crosshill - CLEARED
C105 Balvaird Road, Kirkoswald - CLEARED
U33, Newmilns - CLEARED
U746 opposite access to Pluck Holdings - CLEARED
U746 Cumnock
U7027 Dornal - CLEARED
Annick Crescent and Riverside Gardens, Stewarton
Auchinleck Crescent, Stewarton - CLEARED
Ayr Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Balcomie Crescent, Troon - CLEARED
Balsgrath to Straiton
Balsgrath Road - CLEARED
Bailey Drive, Logan
Bank Road, Ayr
Barbadoes Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Barhill Boundry - CLEARED
Barhill Terrace, Cumnock - CLEARED
Bellfield Avenue, Hurlford
Bormhill Quadrant
Brockwellmuir Cottage, between Dunlop and Lugton - CLEARED
Broom Place, Kilmarnock
Butlins Road - CLEARED
Castlehill Gardens, Ayr
Castlehill roundabout, Ayr - CLEARED
Castle Stewart Walk, Troon - CLEARED
Campbell Street East, Darvel
Cessnock Road, Galston - CLEARED
Cloverhill, Ayr
Corsehill Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Craigie Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Craigie Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Craig Lee Crescent, Bellsbank
Culroy to Minishant - CLEARED
Culzean to Maidens - CLEARED
Culzean Crescent, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Cunningham Drive, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Dalgleish Avenue, Cumnock
Dalmellington Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Dean Castle Country Park
Dublin Road, Darvel - CLEARED
Dundonald - CLEARED
Dungavel Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Drumley Farm, Mossblown - CLEARED
East Road, Prestwic - CLEARED
Emrys Avenue, Cumnock - CLEARED
Ewenfield Place, Ayr - CLEARED
Fenwick Road - CLEARED
Findlay Avenue, Ayr - CLEARED
George McTurk Court
George Terrace, Cumnock
Gibson Street, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Glen Crescent, Darvel
Glenalla Crescent, Doonfoot
Grassyards Road on slip to A77 Southbound, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Guiltreehill, Ayr
High Street, Newmilns - CLEARED
Howard Park
Holmhead Road, Cumnock
Hurlford Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Isle of Pin, Troon
Irvine Road, Dalespark - CLEARED
Kay Park Crescent, Kilmarnock
Kincaidston Drive, Ayr - CLEARED
Kingsford, Stewarton - CLEARED
Kilmarnock Road, Kilmaurs - CLEARED
Kirkland Road, Darvel
Kirkford, Stewarton - CLEARED
Kirkmichael to Crosshill - CLEARED
Kirkmichael to Straiton Road Cairn Castle - CLEARED
Kirkmichael Road, Maybole - CLEARED
Kirktonholm Place, Kilmarnock
Laburnum Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
London Road, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
London Road bridge - CLEARED
Longbank Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Main Street, Monkton
Main Street, Prestwick - CLEARED
Main Street, Sorn - CLEARED
Manse Road, Muirkirk
Maybole Road, Ayr
Maybole to Ayr
McBeath Gardens, Stewarton - CLEARED
Millar Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Millbrae, Drongan - CLEARED
Moorfield to Q8 - CLEARED
Monktonhill Road, Troon
Monument Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Mount Carmel Primary School
Neilston Road, Dunlop - CLEARED
Neilston Place
Nelson Road, Dunlop - CLEARED
Park Terrace, Stewarton
Peatland Quadrant
Phillips Square, Ayr - CLEARED
Pollock Morris Drive, Crosshouse - CLEARED
Railway Crossing at Dailly - CLEARED
Racecourse Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Ronaldshaw Park, Ayr - CLEARED
Roman Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Riverside Gardens, Stewarton - CLEARED
Scott Crescent and Aird Avenue, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
South Beach Lane, Troon
Southwood - CLEARED
Southcosbie House, Troon
Straiton to Balbeg Road - CLEARED
Straiton to Kirkmichael - CLEARED
Straiton Primary School - CLEARED
Summerville Street, Catrine
Symington Road North, Symington
Symington Primary - CLEARED
Tarbolton Road, Mossblown - CLEARED
The Beaches, Coylton - CLEARED
The Loaning, Ayr - CLEARED
Tinto Avenue, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Townend, Kilmaurs - CLEARED
Turner Place, Kilmarnock
Viaduct Road, Dalrymple - CLEARED
Westheads Farm, Newmilns - CLEARED
Woodside, Dailly
Barrier damage
A70 Coylton - CLEARED
Damaged Power Line
A71 South of Crossroads Carnell Estate
B742 A713 to Dalrymple
B743 Dalrymple
Borrmhill Quadrant
Damaged Traffic Lights
Hillfoot Road to Holmston Roundabout, Ayr - CLEARED
Walker Road, Ayr - CLEARED
Debris on Road/Footpath
A70 Main junction of Style - CLEARED
A79 Monkton Road roundabout - CLEARED
A719 Carnell - CLEARED
B743 Mossblown to Failford
C17 Westport - CLEARED
C50 Brackenhill Road - CLEARED
Angus Avenue, Prestwick - CLEARED
Annbank Primary - CLEARED
Cairn View, Muirkirk - CLEARED
Central Avenue, Troon - CLEARED
Dewalden Drive - CLEARED
East Mains Street, Darvel - CLEARED
Forbes Place, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Hayhill, Sinclairston
Heather Park, Ayr
John Street, Ayr - CLEARED
London Road Pay and Display Car Park, Kilmarnock
Loudoun Road, Mauchline - CLEARED
Main Road, Fenwick
Mauchline Road, Auchinleck
MClelland Drive, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
St Germain Street, Catrine
Straiton Monument
Take a Bow pedestrian footpath - CLEARED
The Style, Muirkirk - CLEARED
Walker Road, Ayr
West Langlands Street, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Riccarton Road, Hurlford
Fallen Lighting Column
Bentinick Crescent, Troon - CLEARED
Gala Bingo Hall, Kilmarnock - CLEARED
Oil on road
Croft Street, Tarbolton - CLEARED
Road traffic Incident
B743 Ayr Road, Mauchline - CLEARED
Flooding
Aftonbridge, New Cumnock - CLEARED
Alison Street and John Street underpass
Saltpans Road, Newton on Ayr - CLEARED
Wood Court, Troon - CLEARED
Wood Road, Troon - CLEARED
Kidz Play Car Park , Prestwick - CLEARED
Barrhill School - CLEARED
Unsafe building
Ayr Street, Troon - CLEARED
North Harbour Street, Ayr - CLEARED
Town Hall, Troon - CLEARED
Unsafe bus shelter
Main Road, Fenwick - CLEARED
Emergency contacts:
Emergency services: In life-threatening situations, dial 999 immediately.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran: 111
East Ayrshire Council: 0345 724 0000
South Ayrshire Council: 0300 123 0900
Scottish Water: 0800 077 8778
Scottish Power: 105
Contact information
Phone: 01563 503 160
E-mail: enquiries@ayrshireroadsalliance.org
Address: Ayrshire Roads Alliance, Opera House, 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1DD