Winter Service FAQs
Winter can bring tricky road conditions. With a small workforce and miles of rural roads to cover, we take a prioritised approach to treating our roads for ice and snow. Full details are available on our Winter Service Plan page but here are some of the most commonly received questions.
List of available Winter Service Questions
Why is the gritter not spreading grit while it’s driving?
(Other road gritting queries)
There can be a number of reasons why the gritter isn’t spreading when it’s travelling, for example where it’s:
- completed a route and is travelling back to the depot
- travelling to the start of a route or road to be treated
- on a section of road that has already been gritted
We regularly test and calibrate our gritters to ensure they are spreading at the appropriate rate – if the road was coloured brown after a run we’d be worried (and we’d be wasting resources).
