Winter Maintenance Policy Review

We asked

Roads and Infrastructure Services is currently undertaking a review of its Winter Maintenance Policy and asked for your views on what should be considered as priorities for winter maintenance, along with any additional feedback.

You said

1831 people responded to the survey. The survey results have been included in a report to councillors, which you can read here (item 9 on the agenda): Agenda for Garioch Area Committee on Tuesday, 27th August, 2024, 9.30 am - Aberdeenshire Council (moderngov.co.uk)

We will

Based on the feedback received, Roads and Infrastructure Services are actively working on further improvements to the website and related processes.

Some examples of suggested improvements that we will be investigating further are:

• Live camera feeds of the road network
• Grit pile locations with a logging feature
• An informative piece on the gritting process
• Expected timelines for treatment completion
• Real-time weather condition updates
• Live updates on road closures due to severe weather

The feedback also highlighted a lack of awareness about existing information and resources we provide to the public, such as the Snow Warden Scheme, gritter tracking, treatment plans, and weather station data. In response to this, we will be raising awareness through social media and promoting through various community groups.