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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy
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You're half right. Major roads such as the motorways fall within the purview of LCC but many of the A and B roads are actually the responsibility of the borough councils (although the website you linked to suggests otherwise).
I think the main problem people have with Hyndburn Council is lack of preparation over the summer and indeed the past month. Empty grit bins can be blamed squarely on HBC and we were warned of a harsh winter by the Met Office as early as August.
With the cost of grit so low and the warnings we've had from the experts there really was no excuse for leaving the storehouses at half capacity all year. The weather in Great Britain is very unpredictable and it is shocking not to have been prepared for an eventuality like this. It may never have happened for years but for a fraction of their tax revenue for one year all this could have been avoided.
As for sending out empty gritters and then denying it....