Council highways teams urged to prepare for winter

New Highways England gritters to bolster transport network for winter amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Local authorities are being advised to stock-up on salt and grit to keep key routes open. Roads Minister Baroness Vere has called upon local authorities across the country to ensure key transport routes to COVID-19 test centres are kept open and running smoothly this winter.

Baroness Vere has written to councils urging them to ensure their supplies of salt and grit are topped up so that essential routes, such as those to hospitals and COVID-19 testing stations, are well maintained as the...

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