We're ready for Arctic blast, say roads bosses (From Gazette & Herald)
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We're ready for Arctic blast, say roads bosses
3:51pm Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in News
HIGHWAYS bosses in North Yorkshire and York are fully prepared for the Arctic blast this weekend, with tens of thousands of tons of salt stockpiled, they say.
North Yorkshire County Council said it had more than 50,000 tonnes of salt throughout the county, and salt heaps and bins had been replenished.
A spokeswoman said that with a £7.1 million budget, it routinely treated well over half of the county’s 5,600 miles of road – the largest treated network of any English county.
City of York Council said its salt barn was full with 3,000 tonnes of salt.
Weathermen are predicting much colder northerly winds across North Yorkshire on Friday and into the weekend, causing temperatures to plummet and some wintry showers.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding a workshop at Howden School on November 14 to ask for views on winter services, allowing for discussions of salting routes, salt bins and how local community schemes operate.
Comments(8)
pedalling paul
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7:40pm Tue 23 Oct 12
rrr........!
Silver
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8:32pm Tue 23 Oct 12
capt spaulding
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11:09pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Magicman!
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2:55am Wed 24 Oct 12
Silver wrote:Because North Yorkshire CC doesn't cover York... their salt filling stops at Sutton on the Forest, Shipton, Hessay, Long Marston, Flaxton, and Gate Helmsley - and no further in towards York. The fact our bins haven't all been filled is because York city council want to save money by cutting services to the vunerable.
If they're ready for it why are the salt bins not all refilled?
atorycouncil2014
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9:41am Wed 24 Oct 12
I cant believe they have the cheek to put out this press release!
anistasia
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9:56am Wed 24 Oct 12
R'Marcus
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4:00pm Wed 24 Oct 12
anistasia wrote:No.
is it another michael fish forecast ? But better to be prepared than not and as said above where are all the salt bins.i seem to remember sometime ago reading the council took salt bins away because when they filled them people used it for their own personal use.last bin i saw was full of chip shop papers.
Paul Hudson! :)
bob the builder says...
5:19pm Tue 23 Oct 12