Please find below details of this winter’s gritting/salting regime, which has been forwarded to us by Essex County Council:
Map of salting Routes: http://www.essexhighways.org/Transport-and-Roads/Interactive-Maps-and-Live-Travel-Information/Highways-Information-Map/Highways-Information-Map-Portal.aspx
Salting routes
We have a total of 59 salting routes. We operate 62 machines with ploughs plus two mini gritters. All routes on the salting network are treatable in a maximum of 3 hours.
The salting routes consists of:
 ·      ’A’ roads that Essex Highways are responsible for. This excludes the A12, the A120      and the A130 which are administered by other organisations
·      ‘B’ roads
·      The access route to the main settlement of a Parish of 50 or more households not        already on the precautionary salting route
·      Roads served by at least 4 public bus services per day for 5 days per week or more
·      Roads that link sites of national importance (e.g. airports, ports, fuel refineries etc.) to     the main salting network
·      We also include roads which allow ambulance and fire stations access to the main       salting network