Bolton Council has halted cuts to winter gritting services on roads across the borough after an outcry from residents. Faced with a savings target of £37.2m, the council had proposed changes to gritting routes from the winter of 2023/24.
The proposed changes would have introduced a risk-based approach to gritting, which was developed and agreed during two cross-party meetings. Gritting would have prioritised major routes, the busiest roads and roads providing access to critical infrastructure with other roads previously gritted being left untouched.
