Highways Adverse Weather & Winter Service Plan
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Winter Service Management
Overall direction of the Winter Service Operations is the responsibility of the Head of Environmental Infrastructure, with duties delegated to authorised officers.
| Job Title | Delegated Management Role |
|---|---|
| Highways and Transportation Services Manager | Winter Service Direction |
| Highway Services Manager | Winter Service Operations |
| Highways Asset Manager | Planning and Systems management |
| Highway Duty Officers (x9 - Rota) | Daily winter action decision making and monitoring |
| Winter Service Supervisors (x18 - Rota) | Supervision of gritting operations |
The County Council also provides a service to Welsh Government in treating selected Trunk Roads. The gritting action for the Trunk Road Agency is distributed via email to the County Duty Officers each day. The gritting action for County roads are normally entered by the Duty Officers onto the management system’s ‘Decision board’ before 14.00 hours each day. A log of the daily action is then generated and e-mailed to key organisations including Emergency Services, neighbouring authorities and the Welsh Government. Control room staff monitor the logged actions daily to ensure that information has been circulated to the appropriate parties.
The levels of winter service action are as follows:
| Level | Action description |
|---|---|
| 0 | No action – Drivers stood downtr> |
| 1 | Review Pending - Drivers retained on call to await further instructions - forecast to be monitored by duty officer - potential for gritting action |
| 2 | Patrol - undertaken by drivers in gritting vehicles on specified routes to apply salt selectively as may be indicated by conditions e.g. icy patches |
| 3 | Pre-salt - undertaken by drivers in gritting vehicles to apply salt at the specified rate of spread for the complete length of the scheduled routes, normally in advance of forecast ice formation |
| 4 | Pre-salt with plough - Applications of salt for dealing with snow conditions, combined if necessary with snow ploughing |
In a major adverse weather event, the County Councils Emergency Planning protocols may be brought into operation.
