Did you know?
Last updated | 22/10/2009
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 2008-09 winter, almost 24,000 tonnes of salt was spread on roads and pavements in Perth & Kinross. It was the most severe winter for 18 years, and compares to the 2007-08 winter when 17,000 tonnes of salt was used.
Even if the 2009-10 winter gives a return to the previous trend of milder wetter winters, the temperature will still drop 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 an accident statistic.
