The authority said it repaired more than 7, 000 potholes after freezing weather struck last January.
Rescuers have been hampered by freezing weather, altitude sickness and risks of further landslides.
Cold weather payments are set to surge as a result of the freezing weather.
"That is plainly unacceptable in freezing weather, " he told The News of the World newspaper.
In Cumbria, investigations are under way after two elderly people died in their gardens in freezing weather.
Freezing weather on both sides of the Channel has disrupted road, rail and ferry services in Kent since Monday.
The new 3G surface at the north Belfast venue meant this was the only quarter-final to survive the freezing weather.
Annan, Brechin and Stenhousemuir all had two matches postponed after their Tuesday ties were called off because of freezing weather.
The freezing weather has also caused chaos on Serbia's northern border with Hungary where lorries queued for hours amid heavy snowfall.
Some of the comedy legends who gathered in the freezing weather outside St Helen's Church attempted Collier's trademark stuttering microphone routine.
And tourists line up dozens deep even in freezing weather for a chance to ride over the city's Nob and Russian hills.
Shaun Counsell said unusually high rainfall throughout the year, along with freezing weather in March, had taken its toll on the Manx roads.
Builder Amey said work had been affected by the wet and freezing weather which had delayed the laying of concrete at the site.
They've been able to coax enough power out of their cells, but the cells still degrade too fast and don't work well in freezing weather.
The freezing weather in Belgium and northern France also hit rail services, including the cross-Channel Eurostar, which cancelled trains for the rest of the day.
Ceri Williams, personal assistant to managing director Michael Davies, blamed the closure on the snow and freezing weather, as well as the state of the economy.
Like cherries, record warmth in March across the Upper Midwest prompted apple trees in many areas to bloom, leaving them vulnerable to the freezing weather that followed.
The forecast is for the freezing weather to continue into the weekend, making it almost impossible for clubs with no undersoil heating to make their pitches playable.
But this year the gates will remain closed, with the long periods of freezing weather over the winter blamed for damage to the drains and pump house.
Work in Friar Street was due to end on Friday but the council said road surfaces cannot be laid in freezing weather so they are behind schedule.
It symbolises the death marches that took place when the Germans began emptying the camps and forcing prisoners to walk hundreds of kilometres in freezing weather with little food.
Meanwhile, Welsh Water has urged customers to make sure their pipes are protected from freezing in the cold weather.
After the severe weather, a cold-weather system could bring snow and freezing rain to the Midwest, beginning Wednesday, and the threat of extremely cold weather in the northern Plains states and Upper Midwest, particularly on Thursday.
Under freezing winter conditions the output can be miniscule because very cold weather and high winds require turbines to be shut down to avoid damage.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for severe weather in the West Midlands with temperatures expected to remain near freezing.
The severe weather conditions are set to continue for the rest of Friday with freezing temperatures to remain over the weekend.
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