Northumberland County Council’s network of roads requires lots of grit. Spanning hundreds of miles of road, the fleet of gritters will routinely treat a network of 29 main routes.
It will also grit busy footpaths, car parks and shopping areas during persistent icy weather conditions. Bus routes and distributor roads with steep approaches to main road junctions are also treated as a priority.
The gritting route is planned so that treated roads can be reached within no more than five miles for rural residents and no more than one mile for urban residents. Secondary routes will be gritted when widespread ice is expected to continue through the day and in light snowfall.
