Gritting priority is given to three types of roads/routes based upon the recommendations contained in a National Code of Practice.
Luton Borough Council
Town Hall
George Street
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU1 2BQ
Tel: 01582 51 03 33
Fax: 01582 54 71 77
Email: highway.maintenance@luton.gov.uk
Frequently Asked Questions regarding Gritting
Where to grit?
When to grit?
Do you provide grit bins?
Can a Grit bin be removed?
Are pedestrians routes gritted?
Where to grit?
Gritting priority is given to three types of roads/routes and based upon the recommendations contained in a National Code of Practice.
Priority A (Priority) Strategic routes and principal roads, important classified roads and bus routes.
Priority B (Secondary) All other classified roads, important unclassified roads and bus routes.
Priority C (Supplementary) In prolonged periods of lying snow/ice, estate and minor access roads in hilly or exposed locations will be treated, and consideration given to important footway routes (e.g. shopping precincts etc).
Treatment of Priority C locations would only be considered when conditions dictate and when all other priorities have been fully and adequately treated and resources become available.
When to grit?
The council are recipients of a specialised winter weather forecasting service provided by the Met Office. The forecast, received on a daily basis, gives predictions of the possibility of freezing road temperatures, snow etc, and the time those conditions may occur.
Do you provide grit bins?
There are currently 158 grit bins throughout Luton Borough Council in areas not normally subject to mechanical treatment, at hilly, exposed locations and potentially dangerous road junctions. They are restocked with salt when needed.
Requests for the provision of a grit bin are assessed and judged against a criteria. They are only provided if full justification can be shown.
Can a grit bin be removed?
Often grit bins become the focus of vandalism or the meeting place for youths. If this becomes an unbearable nuisance, a request for the bin to be removed can be made.
Are pedestrian routes gritted?
In very severe weather conditions, especially when snow or ice may remain for some days, consideration is given, in priority order, to the treatment of pedestrian routes - footways and pavements in the following order :-
- Town centre streets/main pedestrian routes
- Shopping frontages
- Busy pedestrian routes
- Hospitals and doctors surgery frontages/routes
- School frontages/routes
- Community centre frontages/routes
- Steep sections of footway/footpaths
- Predominately elderly residents areas
- Other residential areas
For more information details or assistance or if you would like a leaflet on local salting routes or to report an empty salt bin call Highway Maintenance on 01582 54 73 71 or alternatively email highway.maintenance@luton.gov.uk
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