GRITTING in Warrington has begun ahead of another freezing cold night.
Warrington Borough Council says that gritting of primary routes started at 2pm this afternoon, Wednesday.
Primary routes include main roads, roads servicing hospitals, ambulance and fire stations, roads servicing high schools, and bus routes with three or more buses per hour.
According to the council, secondary routes have already been gritted this morning.
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Secondary routes include roads servicing the hospice, roads servicing industrial areas, roads with less than three buses per house, and roads servicing primary schools.
The council spreads grit when the Met Office forecasts frost or icy conditions, and tonight’s weather is expected to hit temperatures lower than -3C.
Its website reads: “Due to our vast road network, it’s not always possible to treat every road.
“Therefore we prioritise roads and bus routes that form most of our primary gritting routes.
“We use a fleet of five gritting vehicles to grit the network in five pre-planned routes, spreading a total of 1,700 tonnes of salt during an average winter.
“It will typically take each vehicle three to four hours to complete their route.”