I can't speak for anywhere else other than Sheffield, but here the grit bins are provided for resident use and there's a network of "snow wardens" who have been "trained" to clear ice/snow and spread grit (I can't imagine what the training consists of other than "this is the end of the shovel that you hold", but who knows...)
You'd think that the bins would be emptied in seconds by people nicking it for their drives, but that doesn't seem to happen - it's used mainly for pavements around my way at least. The main problem is they're not very big, so they empty quicker than the council can keep them refilled. Tim On 8 Dec 2010, at 11:41, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:02:18 +0000, Tom Steinberg <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I just saw this headline (which it amazes me a politician should have >> to say, really) >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11946901 >> > > I've thought about doing this, and decided the best way would be to spread > rock salt at some point in the "lifecycle" of the snow (I'm prepared to > experiment). > > Question then: is the rock salt in the Council "grit bins" supposed to be > used by residents or is it for the convenience of the Council only? > > If the latter, then where to buy it? Do any supermarkets stick it? > > Simon Gibbs > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Tim Duckett ----------------------------------------------------- M - 07525 786 492 Skype - timduckett Blog - http://www.adoptioncurve.net Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/timd ----------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
