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Keeping the Kingdom's roads safe this festive season
Archived news: published on Tuesday 29 Dec 2009 by Fife Council
Fifers have been given a reassurance Fife Council is working hard to keep the Kingdom’s roads safe this festive season.
Dr Bob McLellan, Fife Council Head of Transportation, has revealed prolonged severe weather has resulted in significant winter maintenance programme over the last two weeks in the Kingdom.
He said: “We have been facing the worst weather conditions in 20 years but I want to reassure people we have a full winter standby system in place to deal with the worst of the winter weather. This includes 23 bulk gritters ready at any time to tackle over 1400 km of
Up-to-date detailed weather forecasting and roadside weather stations also mean staff can respond to and monitor weather conditions.
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“We ordered enough salt in November to ensure we would have maximum salt stock levels for Christmas. But unfortunately, due to a delay in that delivery, which arrived just before Christmas, and mounting pressures on our supplier from other areas of the
“Although we received the remaining salt today (Tuesday) this disruption from the supplier has meant our salt reserves are running lower than we would have anticipated.
“But, I’d like to emphasise we are doing everything we can to source additional salt and continue to ensure we maximise our existing stock levels.
“The safety of people travelling on our roads is paramount to us and although we don’t want to raise alarm, we felt we should let the public know our present situation, whilst emphasising we are pulling out all the stops to ensure our stock levels return to expected levels as soon as possible.”
For more information contact
Bob McLellan, Head of Transportation ServicesTel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 44 44 24 Fax: 01592 583231 Contact Bob McLellan online
By Post: Fife Council, Rothesay House, Rothesay Place, Glenrothes, KY7 5PQ
