Did you know?
Last updated | 01/10/2008
There are over 1,500 miles of road in Perth & Kinross. About a third of this gets gritted 7 days a week.
There are
- 44 snowploughs
- 22 pavement snowploughs
- 3 snowblowers
During the 2007-08 winter, over 17,000 tonnes of salt was spread on roads and pavements in Perth & Kinross.
Winters are getting milder, but they are also getting wetter. Although it often isn't as cold as it has been in previous winters, it still drops below zero and wetter roads means more risk of ice.
We decide whether or not to grit based on
- information from 11 roadside stations that measure things like road surface temperature.
- weather forecasts from a specialist weather forecast provider. We are also in regular contact with them.
- inspections of the roads to see what the actual conditions are.
But we cannot be everywhere at once and conditions can change very quickly to form cold pockets of air - and ice! Don't become a statistic.
