When icy weather or snow is forecast, we grit roads in a priority order.
These are labelled as red "precautionary" routes on our map. We grit these during typical icy weather. Primary routes include:
Priority 1:
- A and B Roads
- Routes to hospitals, GP surgeries and urgent care centres, plus designated emergency service routes
- Train stations (in-county and on boundaries), airports (near boundaries) and transport interchanges.
Priority 2a:
- Bus routes, including school bus routes (not including minibuses)
- 1 road into each village of 50 houses or more
- Roads linking rural communities or key infrastructures and industrial areas.
Priority 2b:
- Roads with a gradient (steepness) of 10% and over (where recorded)
- Libraries, community centres, care homes, key pharmacies, critical utility infrastructure
- Off-road paved cycle paths. All where practical and accessible.
These are labelled as blue "post-salting" routes on our map. We may grit these routes during periods of sustained ice or snow.