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Originally Posted by shillelagh
News : Winter maintenance update - 30 December 2009
if you have a read of that .. it will tell you that lancashire county council are not refilling the grit bins ..
As the freezing conditions continue the county council crews are working solely to keep the ‘main’ roads salted and free of ice and snow. This means resources are being targeted towards salting of all A and B roads as well as other main roads that help keep traffic moving around the county and the policy of not filling grit bins or treating secondary roads will continue for the time being. The council has enough salt to continue to respond to the conditions over the New Year period.
now they havent issued another press release since .. that was on 30th december ... i wonder why?
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I don't think the policy has change since that statement.The old policy was to grit the main roads, then the bus routes,and then depending on resources,other areas.
The policy on not refilling the grit bins in my view is a a mistake.And why the town centre hadn't been done at lot earlier is a mystery.Broadway, Peel St etc should have been treated as a priority on the grounds of public safety.
We have had snow in the past, and coped reasonably well. I don't think the County's policy is right, it's just to inflexible.And maybe that's were part of the problem is.