West Lothian Winter plan to be considered
A plan to help West Lothian stay moving this winter is set to be approved.
Around £2.5 million is available to deliver the 2024/25 Winter Service, with a further £168,000 available if required through the Winter Resilience Fund.
Under the plan which will be considered by Council Executive at their meeting on Tuesday 1 October, a minimum of 30,000 tonnes of salt will be available to treat West Lothian's network of which consists of around 1,000km of roads and over 1,300km of footways.
Two dedicated crews will be in place to help replenish over 2,000 grit bins across the council area during the winter period. A total of 25 self-help points where residents can collect salt supplies will also continue.
The plan covers the priority system which we use to treat roads and footways during winter conditions, with the primary carriageway routes being treated 24 hours per day as required.
Interim Head of Operational Services David Maule said: "Our Winter Service Plan aims to ensure we take all reasonable steps to help cope with the impact of winter weather.
"We do not have the resources to treat all the roads and footways at once, so we have adopted a priority system, which ensures key roads are treated 24 hours a day as required.
"Local residents can help, if they are able, by clearing residential roads and paths outside their properties if they wish using salt from their nearest grit bin or one of our 25 self-help points.
"For more details, please visit Winter Ready or look out for more details in the winter edition of the council's newspaper, Bulletin."
