Gritting

Published: 05 February 2010

In cold weather and snow, Gateway's priority is to grit the footpaths on our schemes so residents can move safety to and from their homes.

We do not generally grit car parks and roads - this is in line with what happens across the country.

During the severe wintery conditions of December and January, we used 1500 kg of salt. During the second period of adverse weather (in early-mid January), we had two workers gritting on priority schemes.

Unfortunately, our suppliers were not able to re-stock us with more salt. Therefore, some pathways did not get a second gritting. As you know, these were extreme weather conditions and sal supplies were depleted across the UK.

We are expecting a salt delivery in February and we will build our reserves up over the next 12 months.

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