Our teams work very hard across the city during severe weather conditions to make sure that you can travel as safely as possible.
We currently have:
- 90 roads maintenance staff, plus an extra 90 grounds staff who do most of the pavement gritting, especially near sheltered housing, schools and hospitals;
- 24 road gritters;
- 21 pavement gritters with snow plough attachments;
- A de-icer applicator vehicle - we only use de-icing fluid if temperatures drop low enough to stop salt working;
- About 11,500tonnes of salt in stock. We don't use grit and sand unless the temperatures are too low for salt to work. Grit and sand also block gutters which can cause additional problem;
- Unfortunately we can't be everywhere at the same time, so there are over 900 grit bins around the city which you can use in your local community. This year, we also have 20 large community grit bins available.