Half of UK councils 'lack salt for roads', AA warns
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WTF? I thought I must have been reading last year's news. This SIMPLE CAN'T have caught them out again, can it? Surely?!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8410726.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8410726.stm
BBC said:
Half of the UK's local authorities only have enough road salt for six days of continuous freezing, the AA has said.
The motoring organisation said it has been told that local councils have 250,000 tonnes less road salt in stock than they would have had a decade ago.
It said last winter's heavy snow meant stocks had dwindled and some councils had to "borrow" from others.
But the Local Government Association said the suggestion councils were not ready was "ridiculous scaremongering".
The AA said it had been informed of the shortage by industry sources.
The organisation added local authorities' reliance on "just in time" deliveries left too many of them vulnerable to a lengthy big freeze or major snowfall.
OR... is this just a big non-story and really there's loads? [scratch-chin smilie]The motoring organisation said it has been told that local councils have 250,000 tonnes less road salt in stock than they would have had a decade ago.
It said last winter's heavy snow meant stocks had dwindled and some councils had to "borrow" from others.
But the Local Government Association said the suggestion councils were not ready was "ridiculous scaremongering".
The AA said it had been informed of the shortage by industry sources.
The organisation added local authorities' reliance on "just in time" deliveries left too many of them vulnerable to a lengthy big freeze or major snowfall.
Edited by mrmr96 on Monday 14th December 09:58
thinfourth2 said:
Road Hog said:
plenty of salt available they just need to give us a ring ...;)
Completely off topic sort ofDo you supply salt in bulk as i fancy buying a ton or two as no way will the council be gritting or salting anywhere near me
we are the deepest mine in the uk mining salt and potash,...there is at the moment huge stockpiles of the stuff
http://b7prt05.iclfertilizers.com/irj/servlet/prt/...
you could give them a ring ?
My Granddad was the chief engineer for Oxfordshire back in the Sixties.
In one particularly bad-looking winter, they were told that they could only have 40% or so of the salt they'd ordered. It seemed that at the time, pretty much all road salt came from one single company in the UK.
It also seems that at the time, the Chairman of whichever incarnation of the British motor industry was running Cowley also happened to be on the board of said company.
My Granddad therefore dutifully pootled over to Cowley to apologise in person for the fact that he was unable to guarantee that the county would be able to keep the roads into the factory open.
Three days later, he had more salt than he could actually store!
In one particularly bad-looking winter, they were told that they could only have 40% or so of the salt they'd ordered. It seemed that at the time, pretty much all road salt came from one single company in the UK.
It also seems that at the time, the Chairman of whichever incarnation of the British motor industry was running Cowley also happened to be on the board of said company.
My Granddad therefore dutifully pootled over to Cowley to apologise in person for the fact that he was unable to guarantee that the county would be able to keep the roads into the factory open.
Three days later, he had more salt than he could actually store!
The Hypno-Toad said:
So if they can't salt the roads.....
And our beloved dictator calls a snap election in January.....
That'll mean that lots of people (including all the old fogeys who normally vote Conservative) won't be able to get the polling booths....
Sounds like a plan.
Historically, the Labour vote gets hit harder than the Tory vote in bad weather.And our beloved dictator calls a snap election in January.....
That'll mean that lots of people (including all the old fogeys who normally vote Conservative) won't be able to get the polling booths....
Sounds like a plan.
Having said that, it's better to be safe than sorry, so I'll let my local Labour party coordinator know that I've got a 7-seat Shogun with All Terrain tyres should they need their elderly voters delivering to the polling stations.
"Yes dear, that's right, the polling station is just through those trees. Don't you worry, the snow always makes things look a bit different!"
mrmr96 said:
WTF? I thought I must have been reading last year's news. This SIMPLE CAN'T have caught them out again, can it? Surely?!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8410726.stm
Well they have been listening to the MET office...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8410726.stm
BBC said:
Half of the UK's local authorities only have enough road salt for six days of continuous freezing, the AA has said.
The motoring organisation said it has been told that local councils have 250,000 tonnes less road salt in stock than they would have had a decade ago.
It said last winter's heavy snow meant stocks had dwindled and some councils had to "borrow" from others.
But the Local Government Association said the suggestion councils were not ready was "ridiculous scaremongering".
The AA said it had been informed of the shortage by industry sources.
The organisation added local authorities' reliance on "just in time" deliveries left too many of them vulnerable to a lengthy big freeze or major snowfall.
OR... is this just a big non-story and really there's loads? [scratch-chin smilie]The motoring organisation said it has been told that local councils have 250,000 tonnes less road salt in stock than they would have had a decade ago.
It said last winter's heavy snow meant stocks had dwindled and some councils had to "borrow" from others.
But the Local Government Association said the suggestion councils were not ready was "ridiculous scaremongering".
The AA said it had been informed of the shortage by industry sources.
The organisation added local authorities' reliance on "just in time" deliveries left too many of them vulnerable to a lengthy big freeze or major snowfall.
Edited by mrmr96 on Monday 14th December 09:58
Years, and years of AGW (mam made global warming propoganda) so don't hold the councils to blame.
Cern, proper physicists, astro physicists, have predicted, (with facts, evidence, etc) that it will be getting cooler, for a number of years.
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