Are pedestrians routes gritted?
In very severe weather conditions, especially when snow or ice may remain for some days, consideration is given, in priority order, to the treatment of pedestrian routes – footways and pavements in the following order: • Town centre streets/main pedestrian routes • Shopping frontages • Busy pedestrian routes • Hospitals and doctors surgery frontages/routes • School frontages/routes • Community centre frontages/routes • Steep sections of footway/footpaths • Predominately elderly residents areas • Other residential areas • Industrial estates •
