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Ken Moss · 04-02-2010, 06:57

The roads became very slippy fairly quickly in Rishton last night and I know that Haslingden and Rawtenstall also had fairly treacherous conditions. I'm reluctant to take another easy pop at the council as they can't be everywhere but with the conditions we got over Christmas I would have thought they'd have made some effort to stock up.

The majority of residential Hyndburn homes are on a hill and our grit bin has been empty since December. The country has at least three salt mines and none of them are in any danger of being mined out for some time. With the cost of grit at something like £30 per ton, a huge storage capacity in Hyndburn and a good three week period since the thaw there really is no excuse this time.

04-02-2010, 06:57	#8
Ken Moss Common Sense Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Rishton Posts: 2,351 Liked: 16 times Rep Power: 7637	Re: Driving in snow becuase they don't want to grit The roads became very slippy fairly quickly in Rishton last night and I know that Haslingden and Rawtenstall also had fairly treacherous conditions. I'm reluctant to take another easy pop at the council as they can't be everywhere but with the conditions we got over Christmas I would have thought they'd have made some effort to stock up. The majority of residential Hyndburn homes are on a hill and our grit bin has been empty since December. The country has at least three salt mines and none of them are in any danger of being mined out for some time. With the cost of grit at something like £30 per ton, a huge storage capacity in Hyndburn and a good three week period since the thaw there really is no excuse this time.