Alleviate any impact winter weather may have on the local economy. To help answer the most commonly asked questions we've: Created a grit map to highlight where and when we've been gritting and where grit bins are located. Provided answers to the most frequently asked questions below.
Uploaded this year's Winter Service policy. Gritting map. Report a Grit bin. We have around 1, grit bins, a large number for the size of the area. Grit bins will be provided on non-priority 1 routes where: There are difficult bends, inclines, junctions and turning areas that are particularly prone to icing.
They have been in place for a number of years for historic reasons or a special need has been recognised ie adapted housing, school crossing patrols, sheltered housing complexes, steps, and underpasses.
Where they can be easily refilled from a lorry parked alongside. We'd remove a grit bin: if there is proof of misuse of the salt. A letter would be sent to residents after the first occasion. We'd never remove a grit bin during severe weather without consulting local residents. In our fleet we have: 8 main line gritters plus 4 substitutes to cope with services and breakdowns. Mini tractors that are used for treating footways.
Additional vehicles are also available to support the fleet if required. On average we use around 3, tonnes of grit during a normal winter. These are footways with the highest pedestrian usage and include: main town and village shopping areas pedestrian precincts main routes to urban schools main access routes to: hospitals, clinics, identified public buildings, major sheltered housing complexes and other high-risk areas.
The Falkirk Council area has over miles of roads in total. Another reason may be that the vehicle may have broken down and is awaiting recovery. Vehicular motion helps work the salt into the ice and frost. Worcestershire County Council use rock salt on the roads to keep them free of ice and snow.
It is used prior to freezing conditions and is a brownish colour because it is unrefined so it is often mistakenly referred to as grit. Salt works by lowering the temperature at which water freezes and can therefore keep a road free of ice below zero conditions. Salt can work at temperatures down to minus degrees C. Below this temperature salt becomes less efficient and roads can begin to freeze.
Grit can be used on the roads but this will be limited to areas where snow and ice already exist on the road and a mixture of salt and grit will provide traction to vehicles and help break up the frozen surface. Worcestershire County Council can not provide a grit bin everywhere.
Grit bins are located in strategic positions around the county and are provided for use of the public Highway only carriageway and footway. The grit bins are there to help road users, including pedestrians. You may use the salt to treat ice and snow on small areas of the road or footway. New grit bins may be installed if the proposed location meets set criteria. Parish, Town and District grit bins are now being placed around the County. These bins are coloured green and the responsibility of filling these bins are with the local Parish, Town or District Council.
It is also more effective if it is kept dry before it is spread. If it's exposed to water it will dissolve and will be washed away, meaning the salt concentration is less when it is spread so it is less effective.
Rock salt will also bind together when it gets wet so has to be broken up before it can be used. However, there are often clumps left, which means the rock salt won't spread as evenly and will be less effective as a result. We cover our salt stocks to ensure it is well preserved and in the best condition for gritting.
This is why we always ask for all salt bin lids to be kept closed to prevent the salt quality from deteriorating. Our salt supplier is Irish Salt Sales Ltd. They salt all year round, which allows us to build our stock levels through the summer and autumn.
We store just under tonnes which ensures sufficient stock to provide the service through an average winter. Our stock levels are maintained in accordance with National resilience requirements.
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Essential cookies. These cookies are needed for essential functions such as making payments. Analytics cookies. All rock salt used by the Council is to the appropriate British Standard. This is the period between vehicles leaving the depot and the completion of the treatment on the Precautionary Gritting Route. If treatment coincides with peak travel periods, gritters will become delayed or stuck in the traffic they are trying to assist.
The time taken for snow clearance is also dependent on prevailing weather and traffic conditions. We apply more salt when it is snowing, to prevent compacted snow forming ice. But if the snow starts to settle the salt will have much less effect and if the snow becomes deeper it will have virtually no effect. In these circumstances we have to plough and use a combination of snow ploughing and gritting to clear the roads. If you find yourself behind a gritting wagon please keep well back, be patient and do not overtake unless necessary and safe to do so.
To be most effective, the treatment should be spread before ice forms or snow settles. Anticipating these conditions, and reacting correctly, depends on a mixture of local knowledge and experience, good local weather forecasts and an awareness of the current road condition for example is it wet, dry or previously treated.
The Council receives two weather forecasts on a daily basis: a 24 hour forecast and a 2 to 5 day forecast. The 24 hour forecast is updated if there are any changes. In addition to this, a morning and early evening summary are also sent by the Met Office, as well as a hazards forecast.
In addition to receiving weather forecasts, the Council has two weather stations, one at Queensbury and one at Silsden. There are sensors contained within the road adjacent to the stations, providing surface and air temperatures and other useful meteorological information. Mobile Search. Bradford Council Transport and roads Winter maintenance How, when and where we grit. What is gritting? How can I request gritting? Which roads do you grit? Am I on a gritting route?
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