On 8 December 2010 16:19, Stephen Gower <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 05:41:03AM -0600, [email protected] wrote: >> >> 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? > > Some coucils are explicit that they are for public use, eg: > http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/maintenance/winter/salt-bins > http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transport/highways-pavements/highway-maintenance/wintermaintenance/saltbinsforcumbria.asp
One of my local councillors (Daphne Gaved, Lib Dem, South Yardley) explicitly told me that the grit bins are there for public use and if they empty it is the responsibility of the local residents to notify the council and request a refill. I recently followed her instruction to report an empty grit bin: http://www.fixmystreet.com/report/146133 I've had an acknowledgement of the report but last time I looked (Monday evening) the bin was still empty. Stephen -- It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. http://stephensorablog.blogspot.com/ | http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenboothuk | Skype: stephenbooth_uk Apparently I'm a "Eierlegende Woll-Milch-Sau", I think it was meant as a compliment. _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
