Lincolnshire In extreme conditons ask yourself Salting of roads in Before driving in • Is your journey essential? The law on clearing snow and ice Further information Gritting Routes 2013/14 Lincolnshire winter weather • Have you checked the weather forecast from public spaces and road conditions and carefully There is no law stopping you from considered the advice given? • A third of the county’s roads are salted, conditions clearing snow and ice on the pavement If you have any questions, why not see if we have answered them online: including advice on winter driving • Have you got a full fuel tank? including all the A and B roads, a road outside your property, pathways to your • Does anybody know where you are going www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/gritting from most villages to a main road, and property or public spaces. Check and when you hope to arrive? where possible to within 500 metres of • Would taking warm clothing, hot drinks, If an accident did happen, it’s highly each school. • Local and national news for travel Alternatively, please contact us via: information and weather forecasts, allowing food, wellingtons, a torch and shovel be a unlikely • Lincolnshire County Council treats 1,869 extra time for your journey if necessary. wise precaution? that you would be sued as long as you are miles (3,008km) of the county’s 5,592 careful and use common sense to make • This map of salting routes to avoid t: 01522 782070 miles (9,000km) of roads. sure that you don’t make the pavement, travelling on untreated roads. • The Highways Agency treats 52 miles Why some roads may or pathway, clearly more dangerous (84km) – the A1, A46 between Newark • All vehicle lights are clean and working than before. a: Highways and Transportation, Communities Directorate, Lincolnshire and Lincoln, and the A52 west from the A1 properly. still be icy People using areas affected by snow/ice County Council, 4th Floor, City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DN to Leicestershire. • All vehicle windows and mirrors are clear from frost and snow, and are clean. also have responsibility to be careful • The roads are prioritised to help protect • Despite the high level of service provided, themselves. the most people, as it is not possible to salt no guarantee can be given that roads will e: [email protected] all the county’s roads. Make sure you are always be completely clear of ice or snow. • Travelling with care on both treated To p tips for clearing snow and ice • Winter weather preparations do take place • Weather forecasts are 87% accurate. Weather station readings can be viewed here: all year round, to ensure that vehicles and untreated roads and reduce speed This means that each winter there can accordingly. • Start early, before snow becomes www.trafficweather.info are in top condition, and to make the be 7 days when road frost happens, but compacted and turns to ice. most of cheaper prices by ordering salt • Taking particular care when leaving or isn’t forecast. in the summer. joining untreated roads at junctions. • It can take time for the salt to become • Don’t use hot water, which could You can also follow our Gritter Twitter for the latest information: • Between October and April, the Met • Using dipped headlights in poor visibility effective, as vehicles need to travel over form black ice. and snow. Office weather forecast is monitored 24 the road to mix it into a solution. • Take care on steps and sloped areas. @LincsCC_Winter hours a day. There are 10 weather stations • Driving in the highest gear possible and • Rain can wash salt off roads leaving them • Make a pathway down the middle around the county that provide data to help avoid harsh braking and acceleration. prone to re-icing. plan where, and when, to salt. of the area first, so you have a • Maintaining a safe stopping distance • In severe cold weather below -7ºC even clear surface. For queries relating to roads maintained by the Highways Agency, please • The gritters are deployed, spreading at behind other vehicles, bearing in mind the salt will not prevent roads from icing up. call Aone+ on 0844 3728381 a rate of 10–20 grams per m2, when • Think about where to put the snow prevailing conditions. • If a road frost follows rain, salting will start temperatures fall to 1oC and are predicted you’ve cleared, so it doesn’t block • Keeping a careful watch on other road after the rain has stopped, so it doesn’t get to fall lower. paths or drainage channels. users, especially cyclists and children. washed away. This map can also be viewed online: • New route specific technology, piloted • Not obstructing winter maintenance • Spread table or dishwasher salt www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/gritting with the Met Office, means that salt and • When early morning dew falls on cold road vehicles as they treat the roads. on cleared areas to help stop ice money can be saved as it is now known surfaces, it can freeze on impact. It is not possible to forecast when, and where, this reforming – but not on your plants even more precisely where temperatures If you get into trouble or grass! If you would like to request a copy of this leaflet in an alternative format, have dipped, so blanket-salting of the will take place. county is no longer needed. • Stay with your vehicle if possible until • When rain turns to snow in rush hour, the • Remove the top layer of snow and or a different language, please call 01522 782060 help arrives. • Each of the 43 gritters has its own route roads can’t be salted as it would be washed use the sun to your advantage to melt and smaller gritters help to salt narrower • If you do have to leave your vehicle make away, and the gritters don’t work effectively ice underneath. urban roads and some pedestrianised areas yourself visible to other road users. in slow-moving traffic. • Treated roads can still therefore have • Remember you can use sand or ash as in the main towns. • If you are forced to abandon your vehicle, alternatives to salt. • Remember that while salt can help, it’s give the details to the local police. icy patches, and drivers should remain not a cure, and becomes significantly less vigilant and aware of the need to drive • Be a good neighbour to those less able Reference: LCC298 effective when temperatures reach -7oC. carefully at all times, especially when road to clear snow and ice away. Published: October 2013 frosts follow rain.
WALKERITH ROAD A159 TATTERSHALL A16 B1180 ROAD BELTON B1209 LANE B1174 A153 A52 A607 BELT ROAD LONDONTHORPE B1180 LANE B1183 A15 A46 PINCHBECK ROAD A151 A1137 A17 B1356 PUNCHBOWL PARK ROAD LANE A6121 A15 BOSTON MORTON GRANTHAM B1518 ROAD HARROWBY A158 ROAD B1433 LANE A17 PENNYGATE QUEENS ROAD A52 A57 A46 SLEAFORD A631 A52 B1517 B1081 A1 A1121 A16 B6403 A16 GAINSBOROUGH GRANTHAM B1273 BOSTON A52 A15 A52 B1517 ROAD A151 B1165 FISHTOFT ROAD A57 A153 A606 B1175 A52 B1308 LINCOLN A1 CHAINBRIDGE A16 A607 MAREHAM SPALDING ROAD A46 LANE A15 HEAPHAM B1174 A16 ROAD HARLAXTON LONDON B1173 A156 ROAD B6403 FOXBY LANE A6121 ROAD A16
A43 STAMFORD B1172 A15 LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TRITTON ROAD Reproduced from the OS Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (C) Crown A15 Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. HEIGHINGTON OS LICENCE 100025370 ROAD
A15 NORTH HOLME ROAD B1131 B1188 EASTFIELD B1190 VICTORIA ROAD ROAD
B1200 A1434 A16 ROMAN BANK LOUTH BURGH ROAD A6121 BRANT ROAD A15 SEA VIEW ROAD B1520 A1104 MONKS B1081 DYKE A16 ROAD SKEGNESS WOOD LANE LINCOLN ROAD NORTH PARADE A606 B1175 A1 A16 GRAND PARADE A1031 B1200 SCARBOROUGH AVE HORNCASTLE A52 ROAD LUMLEY ROAD CLOCK TOWER A6121 A43 STAMFORD
LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Reproduced from the OS Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS LICENCE 100025370
Once Lincolnshire County Council heard the secret of pre-wetted salt - Supplying salt spreaders to Lincolnshire Delivering Road Weather they spread it! County Council Information to Lincolnshire Tel: 01277 352884 Tel: 01622 831006 County Council and the www.hanson-moehring.se www.scarab-epoke.co.uk Highways Agency www.vaisala.com Winter Maintenance Routes Drive carefully – even treated roads can be icy
B1211
A1173 A1084 A1031 A46 (includes all slip roads on and off the A1) B1434 A159 B1205 A1031 B1205 B1203 A18 A16 A15
A1103 B1225 A631 * Gainsborough A631 B1200
* Louth A157 A46 A156 B1202 A1031 B1398 A1104 A157 A153
A1500 B1373 A16
B1241 A1111 A46 A158 B1225 A15 A52 A57 A153 B1202 * Lincoln A158 A16 B1190 B1190 A1028 B1190 A158 B1188 B1195
A15 B1183 A158
* Skegness A16 B1195 B1178 A46 B1202 B1191 A52
B1189 A15 A153 A17 B1183 A607 B1188 A16 A52
B1192
B1395 B6403 A17 * Sleaford
* Boston A52
A1121 A17 A15 * Town plan A1 A607 B1394 in more detail see overleaf A52 A52 A16 * Grantham A52
A52 A607
A16 B6403 A17
B1397 A15
B1176 B1359
A151 A151 * Spalding B1168 A151 A17 A1 A16 A1101 A1073
A15 B1176 A6121 B1168
A16 B1166
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