- Investment to improve Barnes’ shopping scene
- One way cycling reminder
- Keeping our borough safe during the Olympics
- New powers sought to control mooring
- Dignity Action Day 2012
- Good Wood makes great art
- Would you like to run your local library?
- Improving graves at East Sheen cemetery
- Council agrees Capital Funding programme
- Outer London Funding – work still continue
- Tea and Tango in Twickenham
- Dance fever set to hit the borough
- Final reminder to reclaim wrongly issued PCNs
- Get ready to (street) party for Queen’s jubilee
- Schools grant greeted with delight by Council
- All aboard for Richmond station improvements
- Council to spend £10.4m to expand four primaries
- Uplift spotlight turns to Hampton North
- Green Flag Award hope for Crane Park
- Youth events to discuss Twickenham Youth provision
- Parents to have their say about Catholic Secondary School
- Bills cut by £80,000 in Low Carbon Zone
- Mouse droppings lead to £10k fine for baker
- Gritters ready for winter issued
- Royal Connections project call for volunteers
- New guide an essential tool to support local shops
- Green fingered grant for local charity
- Keeping Richmond warm this winter
- Mayor to celebrate Scots’ history
- Last chance to see Art in Motion exhibition at Twickenham Gallery
- Chance to get arty in Mortlake
- Call for local artists to open studios
- Did you resolve to get fit for 2012?
- Tangley is home to new family centre
- Young people asked about the future of Twickenham youth provision
- Latest move on Clifden School site
- Saved Windham Croft Centre 'back in business'
- Cracking down on Blue Badge fraud
- New Cabinet member announced
- Recycle Christmas trees
Release Date: 06/01/2012
Gritters ready for winter issued
The borough is well prepared for cold weather this winter, with Council teams on standby to work around the clock over Christmas and New Year if there is snow and ice.
Already the authority’s gritting trucks have been out in the small hours on six occasions, so streets are safer when temperatures hit freezing point. During the summer, the Council’s grit mountain was re-stocked to over 2,000 tonnes in preparation for another cold winter.
Cllr Chris Harrison, Richmond Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and Street Scene, said: “Keeping the main roads open and safe to use is something people quite rightly expect from their Council. Our teams will work around the clock if necessary to ensure this is the case for the borough’s busiest routes.
“We are fully stocked with grit and we have promised to treat more pavements in busy or hilly areas after people told us this was an issue in the past.
“This year for the first time, we’re also supporting community groups which would like to have their own supply of grit, to cover areas the Council can’t get to. Any other groups which would be interested in having a supply of grit should get in touch with us.
“The cold weather remains a challenge, but between the Council and residents this borough is well prepared to deal with whatever Mother Nature throws at us. We will grit busy streets to keep traffic moving and high streets open. Residents can do their bit by sweeping aside any snow from the pavements in front of their homes.”
The Snow Code, the Government’s advice on clearing roads and pavements, is published on www.direct.gov.uk. It explains how householders are unlikely to be sued if there is an accident on a pavement which they have cleared, as long as it is done sensibly.
Community groups which would like to buy a grit bin from the Council can visit http://www.richmond.gov.uk/road_gritting for details.
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