To Grit or Not To Grit

[fred c]

We were out & about along Catty Rd around 8.45am this morning & the road surface didn`t appear to have any grit on it, conditions were very slippery... not sure they Gritters had been along there, we did follow a gritter along Stockton Rd but the grit didn`t appear to be providing a very good covering... it looked more like confetti.

We then had a ride to Sedgefield around 10.45am......... and from the Wolviston Services roundabout to the main turn into Wynyard the road was like glass..... 2 accidents one on either carriageway, a car in the hedge going West & a car on its side on the eastbound side of the road.

Does the lack of Grtitting indicate local councils are scrimping to save money

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Recent news items saw local councils (including Hartlepool) reassuring people that they had plenty of grit/salt, so they must be saving it for a special occasion! Apparently the Stockton/Billingham area was much the same this morning.

Is the A689 maintained by the Highways Agency rather than local councils?  If so, that's another gap in service.

Maybe there's a sound, scientific reason why councils don't pick up on cold weather; could it be that there's so much hot air produced in the average council chamber that they're in some kind of micro ecosystem?