Essex Roads - Gritted ?

[AJ3XX]

Hi All,

Does anyone know if the Essex roads have been gritted yet ? I want to take the car out at the weekend but don't fancy washing off a tonne of grit and salt afterwards.

Cheers

Andy

[Squiggs]

They've been gritting the roads in Chelmsford for about 3 weeks now!
God knows why - we've only had two frosts!
Chelmsford City Council must think its residents (as the ones that ultimately pay for it by way of council tax) have money than sense!
Not only are they wasting the grit but the drivers putting it down must also be on overtime

[Scousefella]

Not seen any gritters rolling in Colchester but then again, when the roads need it they never bother to show up anyway!!!!

[chibbard]

Yep, Wickford/Basildon etc has all been gritted.

[Z4MPO]

AJ3XX said:

Hi All,

Does anyone know if the Essex roads have been gritted yet ? I want to take the car out at the weekend but don't fancy washing off a tonne of grit and salt afterwards.

Yes unfortunately! Why I have no idea, it's been double figures and all the grit has been down! Damp roads for the next 4 months!
Cheers

Andy

[Rob348]

AJ

They were out tonight gritting..

[roscobbc]

Washed my car yesterday - gritted roads last night in LB Havering - also in Kent today1

[rossi1]

Kent and essex both been done over the past week.

[mneame]

Yes and it's made the roads uber slippery.

[AJ3XX]

Oh Balls

[spiritof'76]

........and then God invented the jet wash

When I get 5 minutes I'm going to set up a thermostatic mixing valve to an outside tap so I can jet wash with warm water which will be even better at dissolving salt

[SheriffAds]

Yep they have been gritting for ages... there are tons of salt out on the roads.

By the way it isn't Chelmsford City Council who do it, instead it is Essex County or aka Essex Highways. If you are really bored you can track the gritters online http://www.essexhighways.org/Transport-and-Roads/R...

[Scousefella]

The matrix signs on the A130 were advising of "Gritting in Progress" today.

[jumpingjackdan]

Yeap, hence my sunday afternoon of cleaning the wheel arches and underneath the car - bloodly salt!

[seeby]

The reason for early gritting is probably due to the council having bought too much grit.For the last few years they have been caught out by not having any when they really need it.They,re probably just shifting last years over order ready to get this years stock in ,then we will get bad weather and need the roads gritted ,and then they will run out of it .Happy days

[Squiggs]

seeby said:

The reason for early gritting is probably due to the council having bought too much grit.For the last few years they have been caught out by not having any when they really need it.They,re probably just shifting last years over order ready to get this years stock in ,then we will get bad weather and need the roads gritted ,and then they will run out of it .Happy days

That would be funny - except you're probably not far from the truth.
Councils can be very good at wasting budgets .... the thing is that the budgets are made from our council taxes