Scotland’s busiest motorway, the M8, was closed for two days as a result of the freezing conditions The Scottish government will face further questions over its handling of last week’s severe weather which saw the country’s busiest roads gridlocked.
Finance Secretary John Swinney, and not the new Transport Minister Keith Brown, will give evidence to Holyrood’s transport committee later.
Convener Patrick Harvie said he was keen to hear what could be done to better prepare the country.
The SNP government have already said that lessons will be learned.
As a fresh blast of snow is expected later this week, ministers have said that every “sinew is being strained” to be ready.
A heavy snowfall last week – which appeared to take the authorities by surprise – caused the closure of the M8, M9 and A80, as well as gridlock on many other routes across Scotland.
Thousands of vehicles were abandoned and hundreds of people were stuck in their cars overnight.
The M8 was closed for two days between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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