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The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions.
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The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
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Our Winter Work
Area 9: Winter Salting and Snow Clearance
- Although our vehicles are generally known as “Gritters” they actually spread salt not grit.
- Our winter salting and snow clearance season starts before the first sign of winter with an event called a “Snowdesk”. This computer-based simulation tests our readiness. It is undertaken by all those who, in real life, are involved in bad weather situations, from the weather forecasting to “gritting”.
- We have identified “gritting” routes throughout the region and these are monitored and controlled by AmeyMouchel.
- We try to put salt down on the roads before ice forms - so you will often see our “gritters” out before the road surface temperature has fallen below freezing.
- Our “gritters” can also be turned into snow ploughs for extreme wintry conditions.
Did you know that salt does not instantaneously melt snow – it needs the action of traffic to turn the salt into brine in order to melt the snow?
