2. Outline Principles
The Council, through the Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services, will:-
- Set policy and strategy and monitor the winter maintenance service.
- Arrange weather forecasts to assist the Winter Management team to determine the daily winter maintenance treatment strategy.
- Provide specialist winter maintenance plant. e.g. snow plough attachments, bulk gritters, demountable gritters, towed gritters and loading shovels.
- Provide salt, grit, grit bins, snow gates and signing.
- Provide organise and manage a trained labour force.
- Provide non specialist plant e.g. lorries for demountable gritters, pickups, non-specialist loading equipment, hand tools, tarpaulins and the like.
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