gritting in july?

[dudleybloke]

for some reason our cash strapped local council have had the gritters out chucking grit round dudley town centre tonight.
are they expecting a siberian snowstorm or something?

[mybrainhurts]

I spotted one on the motorway near you today...

Maybe they don't believe the Met Office any more...

[MonkeyHanger]

It helps to stop the bitumen melting in hot weather, allegedly

[dudleybloke]

MonkeyHanger said:

It helps to stop the bitumen melting in hot weather, allegedly

but its been raining all day.
was raining while they where gritting!

[racingsnake]

Might be to remove bitumen on newly laid SMA surfacing to gain some early life skid resistance.
Very common in France & Germany.

[dudleybloke]

racingsnake said:

Might be to remove bitumen on newly laid SMA surfacing to gain some early life skid resistance.
Very common in France & Germany.

no new tarmac either.

it seems very odd!

[TheEnd]

And it's not going to be a hot day tomorrow either...

[MonkeyHanger]

dudleybloke said:

but its been raining all day.
was raining while they where gritting!

I apologise for missing that fact in your initial post


That'll teach me to assume we might get the occasional hot day in a UK summer.

[pilchardthecat]

Has Gordon Brown recently moved into the area? Seat on the council?

[Sir Bagalot]

Well they've started selling Christmas Cards in the 'Card Factory' so maybe snow is on the way