Gritted pavements
Last updated | 30/05/2008
Pavements have been assessed and given a priority based on their usage and importance.
Category 1 pavements
Category 1 pavements are on main shopping areas, main arterial footways, busy feeder footways and footways leading to community centres and centres of employment.
When will category 1 pavements be gritted?
Pavements under this category will be gritted every day if there is snow or ice. When needed, gritting can start at 6 am and go on until 6 pm (4 pm on Sundays).
Category 2 pavements
Less important pavements (Category 2 pavements) will be gritted on weekdays (but not Public Holidays) if there is snow or ice, starting at 8 am (after gritting Category 1 pavements) and going on until 3 pm. Sometimes only the pavement on one side will be gritted - this gives the driver more time to get to other streets.
Category 3 pavements
The other pavements are called Category 3 pavements and these will only be gritted after the Category 2 pavements have been completed. If there are several days of snow, the pavement tractors will have to plough and grit the Category 1 and 2 pavements every day so they may not have time to get to the Category pavements.
Pavements on Unadopted roads are not gritted.
List of pavements which are gritted
Pavements in Perth
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