COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
HEADED ITEM NO. 15
Review of Policy on Winter Gritting
Since the commencement of the adverse weather on Thursday 25th November the Council has been managing the clearing, gritting of the main roads in the County. The Council has also responded to numerous requests from public transport providers, ambulance and hospital services, the Luas operators, Gardai and fire brigade for spot gritting of specific locations to assist in the continuity of their services.
Yesterday morning (Monday 6th of December, 2010) the Council's gritting crews engaged with a full scheduled gritting programme, and repeated the same exercise at 3:00pm (the full scheduled programme). Spot gritting continued to take place on a prioritised basis throughout the day.The crews returned to work at midnight and worked until 6 am today clearing the snow that had fallen.
The gritting schedule which has been previously published is available as a map or as a downloadable pdf
Irrespective of gritting having taken place, the Council continues to urge extreme caution to all road users as the prevailing conditions represent a serious hazard and the advice to motorists is to avoid all unnecessary travel.
With regards to the footpaths within the County, all available outdoor staff will continue to be mobilised and deployed to footpath clearance on a prioritised basis. Works are being concentrated in the vicinity of Hospitals, Schools, Churches and Community buildings. The Council urges footpath users to take extreme caution as the packed snow and ice on footpaths is expected to deteriorate with heavy frost. It is also vital to exercise extreme caution when using any cleared areas as such areas continue to be extremely slippy even after clearance.
The gritting schedule which has been previously published is available as a map or as a downloadable pdf
Irrespective of gritting having taken place, the Council continues to urge extreme caution to all road users as the prevailing conditions represent a serious hazard and the advice to motorists is to avoid all unnecessary travel.
With regards to the footpaths within the County, all available outdoor staff will continue to be mobilised and deployed to footpath clearance on a prioritised basis. Works are being concentrated in the vicinity of Hospitals, Schools, Churches and Community buildings. The Council urges footpath users to take extreme caution as the packed snow and ice on footpaths is expected to deteriorate with heavy frost. It is also vital to exercise extreme caution when using any cleared areas as such areas continue to be extremely slippy even after clearance.
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