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Gritting
Council gritters grit major roads, bus routes and some smaller
roads that keep local traffic moving.
Gritters remain on standby and will take appropriate action
following latest weather forecasts.
We also continue to grit some key pavements and pathways,
particularly near:
- town centres
- hospitals
- schools
- pedestrian subways
- bridges and
- railway stations.
Gritting
update
All routes will be gritted from 7 pm on Friday 10 February
All routes were also gritted on:
Duty highway officers will continue to monitor the weather
conditions and make necessary decisions to treat the
prescribed gritting network as necessary. These decisions are based
on detailed Met Office forecasts and salt stock levels. We have
drivers and gritting vehicles on standby. Please check these
pages for any further updates and refer to them for specific
information on gritting routes and what to do in cold and icy
conditions.
Roads the Council isn't responsible for
The A406, A12 (Eastern Avenue) and
A1400 (Woodford Avenue) are attended by Transport
for London, and the M11 is gritted
by the Highways Agency.
Therefore these are not Redbridge Council's responsibility for
gritting. If you have any questions or concerns about these
roads please contact Transport for London (TfL) and the Highways Agency.
Latest weather forecast
Please check the
Met office website for the latest weather updates.
Why can't we grit all of the roads in Redbridge?
Like all other local Councils across the country it is
impractical, because of the significant resource requirements (such
as gritting vehicles, salt, qualified drivers) to grit
all roads. .jpg "A worker griiting by hand")
However we have identified key routes that should
be gritted, ensuring that all residents live within
500 metres of a gritted road (see below 'Roads we grit').
These roads on the document are reviewed annually.
What if my road/footway isn't on the list and it's really
icy?
If your road is not due to be gritted and it's really icy
then you may contact our Customer Contact Centre. They
will then pass your request on to our Highways
department. We will only grit these roads/footways
in exceptional cases and if we have sufficient amount of grit.
The Government has introduced a guidance
document (PDF 22kb) for the public for footway snow
clearance.
Also The Direct Government
web has more information on their newsroom pages.
Can I buy grit from the Council to grit my own private
property?
Unfortunately, due to our limited salt reserve we are unable to
provide grit to residents. However you maybe able to buy some
from a DIY store or building merchants.
Primary and Secondary routes
We only grit roads that are identified as either our
primary or secondary (these are known as routes).
When these routes have been treated, then any resident will be
within 500 metres of a treated road. The routes are geared to
the efficient use of the vehicles and the results of thermal
mapping which establish the coldest locations on these
routes. The routes are chosen so that Primary traffic routes,
bus routes, roads of local significance for traffic movement and
known isolated areas where frost problems occur are treated.
The Council has also developed a Resilience
Route Network as part of the Network across London, which has
been agreed by Transport for London in consultation with the bus
operators and emergency services that when salt stocks are reaching
a critical level in severe weather conditions will only be treated
to conserve salt stocks. The instruction to implement this will
either come from Government advice regionally or nationally and or
by the council’s officers in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Highways
Primary routes are:
- Redbridge's strategic traffic routes, which are gritted as a
high priority. For example roads such as Cranbrook Road, High
Road Ilford, High Road Woodford.
- bus routes
- major traffic links
Secondary routes are:
- roads of local significance for traffic movement
- known isolated areas where frost problems occur
- and additional roads to ensure that no property is more than
500 metres from a gritted road.
Information on routes that
are not the responsibility of the Council
When we grit roads
We receive specialist information from the local Met Office on
predicted local weather conditions. In the London area the
weather can be very unpredictable and can change on a very local
basis.
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