Development and Property Services
Roads and Transportation
Winter Maintenance - Meeting demands
Gritting routes are pre-planned to ensure that, during "routine"
winter conditions, priorities 1 to 3, plus some of priorities 4 and 5 will
be treated with salt, whenever possible, before ice is likely to form, or
snow is expected.
These routes are drawn up to endeavour to treat the highest priority roads
first but, to minimise wasteful mileage, some roads in a lower category
may be treated out of sequence.
The pre-gritting, when required, is normally carried out in the evening,
and may be followed by further action dependant on the weather forecast
and actual conditions encountered.
There is no guarantee that a previously gritted road will be free
from ice or snow.
You should be aware that, under more extreme conditions (heavy snow falls
or freeze/rain/freeze cycles), gritters may have to concentrate on the
higher priority roads until attention can be safely transferred to other
roads.
The lowest category (minor rural or residential roads) will be treated
using available gritters if adverse conditions persist and all other routes
are being attended to. However, available resources may not allow the
treatment of all priority 5 and 6 roads.
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