Winter Road Maintenance
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The Council's roads service aims to keep East Lothian's roads and pavements as safe as possible.
As required by the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, our manual workforce is responsible for ensuring gritting and snow-clearing operations are carried out in an effective and efficient manner. It is also committed to reviewing and improving this service.
View information on how gritting is prioritised.
Weather emergency service
We have a team committed to providing a weather emergency service from November to March; team members work on a rota basis at weekends and 4.30pm - 8.00am on weekdays.
In freezing and snow conditions we operate a gritting and snow clearing policy according to a priority route system to clear most roads and pavements; however, it isn't always possible to clear all routes straight away, as gritting equipment may be required to treat some roads more than once.
- For further information read our Winter Road Maintenance plan 2011\12
Treatments include:
- precautionary salt treatment
- treatment of ice and snow
- treatment of hard-packed ice and snow
Further informarion
- Are you ready for winter? tips and advice on clearing snow
Grit bins are situated at designated locations throughout East Lothian.
If you think a site needs a grit bin, please contact us by calling 01875 612 818 or emailing the request a grit bin form to transportation@eastlothian.gov.uk.
A1 Trunk Road
The A1 Trunk Road is the responsibility of the Scottish Government. For further details please contact their agents, BEAR Scotland (telephone: 0845 413 0200).
Additional information