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Winter Service Plan to help keep traffic moving
8 September 2010
Press release number: PR1138
.jpg "A worker griiting by hand")
Following on
from last year's severe winter, Redbridge's Winter Service Review
and 2010 Plan has been reviewed and adopted by Council.
Efficient winter service
The Winter Service Review and Plan sets out the proposals for
the 2010/11 winter season to provide a more efficient winter
service.
Although some additional roads have been added to the prescribed
routes following the review of last winter's performance, it is not
possible, given the sheer scale of the highway network and the
financial resources required, to grit all roads in the Borough.
Once prescribed routes have been treated any resident will be
within 500 metres of a treated road. The routes are chosen so
primary traffic routes, bus routes and routes where there is
significant traffic are treated.
Following Government advice, Redbridge Council has also
introduced a Resilience Network which is the minimum network that
will be treated to preserve salt in the event that national stock
levels fall low again during severe weather conditions.
This approach was adopted following government instructions when
severe conditions last winter resulted in national salt shortages.
It meant that a smaller network of key roads were gritted but it
ensured salt stocks did not run out.
The winter season will commence on 1 November and full standby
arrangements are in place and will remain until 30
April.
Councillor Michelle Dunn, Cabinet Member for Highways said, "I
welcome this review which will help to keep the traffic moving
during the winter and alleviate winter conditions on the roads in
the Borough. I am impressed by the service we provide but
these changes should make the service even more
effective."
