For a while they would stay like that, gritting their teeth all the way.
Arrangements are being made for the necessary supplies of gritting material to be made available.
Is he further aware that it was too late to cut back in any area other than winter maintenance and gritting?
The cost to local authorities of gritting vehicles was mentioned.
I therefore ask for a reappraisal of the funding allocated and the inclusion of all school bus routes in regular salt and gritting schedules.
For example, last winter the contractors providing services failed disastrously in their task of gritting the roads.
Gritting in moderate weather may mean that the authority will use up its budget before the end of the year.
As has been said, that involves publishing plans for which roads have priority for gritting.
