Examples of grit

• The normal grant allocations include some provision of snow clearing, salting and gritting and the repair of frost damage.

• 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.

• 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.

• I understand that it was due to wholly unsual circumstances which obstructed the board's normally efficient clearing and gritting arrangements.

• The plan would show which roads were to be gritted, when they would be gritted and the weather conditions under which that would take place.

• The gritting was not done in time, and then there was an enormous fall of snow.

• The gritting was then done, but it was too late.

• The council is talking about increasing charges for car parking and cemeteries, and cutting standby road gritting.

• In how many areas was gritting not possible because the unions refused to do standby duty?

• Since the emergency started, £2 million has been spent on gritting, salting and snow clearance.

• I thought that they were carefully planned, but the roads were not gritted properly and that allowed the accident to occur.