I was going to cite as an emergency service the gritting of roads, but perhaps that is an unfortunate example.
Gritting teams cross each other, unable to grit certain roads because it is the other authority's responsibility.
In how many areas was gritting not possible because the unions refused to do standby duty?
The council is talking about increasing charges for car parking and cemeteries, and cutting standby road gritting.
The gritting was then done, but it was too late.
The gritting was not done in time, and then there was an enormous fall of snow.
I understand that it was due to wholly unsual circumstances which obstructed the board's normally efficient clearing and gritting arrangements.
As has been said, that involves publishing plans for which roads have priority for gritting.
