Winter Service Policy - Section 2 - What we will do

Published: 29 July 2025

2. Outline Principles

The Council, through the Executive Director with responsibility for Roads and Infrastructure Services, will:-

  1. Set policy and strategy and monitor the winter maintenance service.
  2. Arrange weather forecasts to assist the Winter Management team to determine the daily winter maintenance treatment strategy.
  3. Provide specialist winter maintenance plant. e.g. snow plough attachments, bulk gritters, demountable gritters, towed gritters and loading shovels.
  4. Provide salt, grit, grit bins, snow gates and signing.
  5. Provide organise and manage a trained labour force.
  6. 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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