Gritting activity

Please provide the following information for each of the last three winter seasons:

Winter 2023/24
Winter 2024/25
Winter 2025/26 (to date)

1) Gritting activity
a) The total number of days on which gritting or salting was carried out.
b) The total number of gritting or salting runs undertaken.
c) The total distance of road treated through gritting or salting activity, measured in miles or kilometres.

If distance is not recorded, please confirm accordingly.

2) Time and resource use (where recorded)
a) The total number of staff hours spent on gritting or salting activity.
b) The total number of vehicle hours spent on gritting or salting activity.

3) Costs and budgets
a) The total amount spent on gritting and salting operations in each winter period.
b) The allocated budget for winter road gritting and salting for each winter period.

4) Priority routes
Please confirm whether your authority operates designated priority or "snow routes" for winter maintenance.

5) Network coverage
a) The total length of the highway network maintained by your authority (in miles or kilometres).
b) The approximate length or percentage of this network that is included within precautionary or priority gritting routes.

1). Winter 2023/24 (Grit runs Days =42, Number of runs = 51, Total KM salted and travelled = 149005)

Winter 2024/25 (Grit runs Days = 60, Number of runs = 71, Total KM salted and travelled = 213673)

Winter 2025/26 (to date) Up to 7th January - Grit runs Days = 24,

Number of runs =36. Total KM salted and travelled = 111620)

2) This is not measured

3a) (23/24 = £3,911.176 24/25 = £3,682,000 25/26 to7th Jan = £2,417,458)

b) (23/24 = £3,537,173, 24/25 = £3,437,091, 25/26 = £3,495,907)

4) We under take snow routes during severe conditions - these are designated our Extreme routes

5a) 8700 kms

b) 3018 kms approx. 34%