County gritters combat frozen roads (From Hereford Times)

County gritters combat frozen roads

9:40am Tuesday 7th February 2012 in News By David Higgs

AROUND 800 tonnes of salt were used to combat freezing conditions on the county's roads at the weekend, according to highways bosses.

Herefordshire Council contracter Amey, who are responsible for the upkeep of the highways network, gritted over 5,000 miles of road on Saturday and Sunday as snow fell and temperatures plummeted well below freezing.

Clive Hall, Herefordshire Council’s head of highways, said: “This has been the busiest weekend of the winter season so far but I would like to assure residents that we still have around 3,100 tonnes of salt left in our barns with more stocks due to arrive soon."

Herefordshire Council have set up a Twitter account aimed at updating road users on gritting operations.

It can be found by visiting www.twitter.com/herefordstreets