Winter gritting

Roads

Our gritters carry out salting, gritting and snow ploughing. Treatments are carried out in order of priority and are normally completed before 7am.

Footpaths and cycleways

We don't grit footpaths and cycleways before they become icy. We grit them where there is snow or ice which is likely to last for over 24 hours and as soon as we have people available. Busy footpaths and ones with special circumstances are gritted first. These include footpaths in shopping areas, outside hospitals and around schools.