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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
There's no simple blanket solution to the gritting problem but there are far better ways of going about it. Some of my residents are in their 90s and can barely walk so giving them a 30lb bag of grit and expecting them to spread it themselves isn't very practical.
Last year we had reports of some of the council operatives unable to work due to the icy conditions so surely it would be better to give them alternative duties such as hand gritting?
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Anyone of 90 who can barely walk would not be venturing out onto the streets or their drive.
Last year we hadn't enough grit to do many pavements anyway ! Maybe, this year the council workers managed to do their work ? Maybe it is not in their job description ? Perhaps too many legalities surrounding pavement gritting ? Who knows.
Remember, surfaces have to be swept of snow first and then gritted, so extremely labour intensive.
Think you are grasping at straws here, Ken, criticising the scheme and desperately trying to come up with other ways (but not thinking them through) ... but brownie point for trying.
Not saying the scheme was the best .. just a gesture in my opinion to try and help ... OK .. maybe a vote catcher, but was an attempt at least.
To me, would only help to get people with cars in their drive an advantage as once in the street, walkers would come across unsalted pavements anyway. Not many privies at the bottom of a yard these days, however, useful to de-ice a path to the wheelie bin I suppose.