Birmingham Mail reporter Will Oliphant spent a night shift with the city’s army of gritting lorries.
Winter maintenance and gritting plans – http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=5746
Winter weather travel tips – http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=14233
Weather disruption round-up – http://weather-disruption.birmingham.gov.uk/
Local volunteers from the Open Street Map project have kindly mapped gritting routes onto their map. While we can accept no liability for any errors, we’re very grateful to them for their contribution.
You can view the gritting map by visiting: http://mappa-mercia.org/gritting-map.shtml
Weather Updates
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2102
Met Office: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wm/wm_forecast_weather.html
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i think the gritters are brilliant at gritting the roads last year they did so well
but could do with all side roads doing tho saves cars getting stuck and saves accidents
side roads are Allways catching the worst of the snow