Cheshire East gritting update...

Received from the Council...

CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL – WINTER SERVICES UPDATE

Roads across Cheshire East have been gritted since 6pm on Friday December 17.

All available resources have been fully operational. Principal routes have been treated seven times, covering 6,000 miles of highway, using over 1,000 tonnes of salt.

With the road surface temperatures likely to remain well below freezing for the remainder of this week, all resources will be focused on dealing with the effects of the severe weather conditions.

All available vehicles are in operation at the current time, gritting on a priority basis and in accordance with our winter policy as below.

Priority 1 Routes
These are all ‘A’roads and designated routes to A & E Hospitals.
Priority 2 Routes
These are other major commuter roads or ‘B’ roads.
Other Carriageways
The aim is that these will only be treated to remove ice or snow after all the Priority 1 and 2 routes are treated, when snow or ice is likely to persist for a continuous period of 24 hours.
We currently have 7– 14 teams treating footways.
Cheshire East Council is expecting a delivery of a further 750 tonnes of salt over the next 48 hours.
A further 10 drivers were trained for gritting operations prior to the winter season.
The Cheshire East website is currently being updated to bring the winter services section to “In Focus” on the homepage www.cheshireeast.gov.uk.
In some areas, specialised recycling vehicles are having difficulty making collections due to compacted snow. We will continue to attempt to empty these bins over the next few days.