Development and Property Services
Roads and Transportation
Winter Maintenance - Footway, Footpath and Cycleway priorities
Due to the limited resources available, footways, footpaths and cycleways
can only be treated when considered absolutely necessary (e.g. heavy snowfall
or extensive icing). Footways, footpaths and combined footway/ cycleways
will be treated in the following priority, normally during working hours:
| Priority 1: |
Urban shopping areas and precincts |
| Priority 2: |
Other areas of high pedestrian concentration
(e.g. major
hospitals and factories with large numbers
of employees who walk to
work) |
| Priority 3: |
Steep hills in housing areas and in the vicinity of
Old People's Homes |
Cycleways remote from the public road will not be treated until the completion
of priority footways and footpaths.
Grit bins for use by all road users are laid out at known trouble spots
(i.e. at steep gradients or junctions with a history of problems). They
are not generally placed on precautionary routes, and where they are,
they are intended to aid speed of response and for self-help on footways.
If well-maintained and 'tidy', salt bins in urban areas, may be left in
place after 30 April.
Small quantities of salt for use by East Ayrshire residents can be collected
from Gauchalland Roads Depot, Ayr Road, Galston or Underwood Roads Depot,
Auchinleck Road, Cumnock. The salt should normally be taken from the grit
bins located outwith the depot gates, using your own container and transport.
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