Winter Maintenance

Winter maintenance includes both precautionary and post salting for frost and ice, together with snow clearance.

Priority of Roads

Roads within the authority have been prioritised for treatment into priorities 1, 2 and 3.

Priority 1 roads are routes carrying substantial volumes of traffic having characteristics which require protection from frost throughout the night. These routes include both Class A and B roads.

Priority 2 roads are non principal roads that form main distributor routes in urban areas, access routes to smaller rural communities and schools, industrial estate roads and remaining bus routes. Height above sea level and gradients are factors in distinguishing these roads from priority 3 roads.

Priority 3 roads are all the remaining and treatment will normally be restricted to snow clearance or salting in times of snow or persistent heavy frost. Snow clearance may be carried out by either Wrexham County Borough Council or by contractors retained on term contracts.

In snow conditions Priority 1 roads will be cleared first followed by Priority 2 and 3.

Service Objective

It is the intention to presalt Priority 1 and 2 roads before the onset of ice and frost in response to weather forecasts.

Weather forecasts are supplied under contract each day at about 13.00, including to officers on duty at weekends, and may be updated at any time.

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