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by Ian Shires on 20 November, 2012
Published by Walsall Council
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Winter service is snow and ice clearance, or the precautionary spreading of salt on highways to prevent ice from forming. As a caring council we wish to reduce the impact bad weather has on residents and users of the borough’s highways by achieiving the following aims:
Grit boxes are filled up prior to the winter period. They are continualy filled as/when needed.
All the boxes are located where we have steep gradients or difficult junctions within the borough. The locations are agreed annually by cabinet as are the gritting routes. The boxes are for the sole use of local residents in that particular street. The grit can be used on the highway or pavement (not on drives).
Grit box map (click on image for full size)
The full winter service operates from the 1 November to 31 March the following year. A limited response to bad weather is also available in October and April.
The total length of roads in the borough is approximately 532 miles (856km) of which 218 miles (351km) are salted; this is equivalent to 41% of the roads in the borough.
Footways and minor roads are not routinely treated, but snow and ice removal is undertaken if possible where normal council duties are prevented, such as road repairs or grounds maintenance.
We receive weather forecasts from the MeteoGroup UK Road Cast service, which uses data from road sensors throughout the West Midlands. The decision to spread salt on roads depends on a number of factors, not just air temperature. We follow the procedure recommended in the Code of Practice for Maintenance Management – Well-maintained Highways.
winter_service_operational_plan_2012_2013.pdf
Roadworks Management
Engineering and Transportation
2nd floor, Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1DG
Telephone 01922 654661
Emai roadworksmanagement@walsall.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 08 November 2012
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