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Map Based Road Projects Finder - Feedback
We are currently piloting a new map based tool to help you find road projects. Please let us know what you think
The Project Control Framework
This framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major road improvement projects.
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 Amey.
- 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?
