Gritting

The Council is responsible for keeping the roads safe in winter and we have a team on 24 hour standby from October to April.

We have 15 gritting lorries with snow plough attachments, one dedicated gritter lorry, one loader vehicle and 10 footway gritters with ploughs.

We check the highways forecasting service and our road sensors three times a day to plan our gritting action.

The new winter season has started and operatives will be on standby to respond to any winter weather. Weather forecasts and gritting actions will be updated on this page each day by 3pm.

Report Date: Saturday 21 December 2024

Report Time: 12:00

24 Hour Summary for East Dunbartonshire Council

General Synopsis:

Windy with frequent showers this afternoon. Clear spells and showers throughout the night, but as colder air moves in the showers will turn increasingly wintry. Erratic road surface temperatures falling close to or just below zero overnight, especially in any heavier wintry showers. Reduced confidence on zero crossing times due to erratic road surface temperatures. Further wintry showers tomorrow morning.

Gritting Action:

All primary carriageway routes to be treated at 10PM. All primary footway routes to be treated at 10PM.

During prolonged periods of cold weather we concentrate our gritting operations on our primary routes initially. Once these routes have been treated and are running clear, resources are then diverted to treat our secondary routes. This process is continued until all roads are treated or the weather dissipates. Given the volume of roads within East Dunbartonshire, this process may take several days to complete.

View our gritting routes

Primary routes: cover 67% of the 510km of roads in the area and include:

• Main roads
• Bus routes
• Access to fire, police and ambulance stations
• Access to hospitals
• Steep or dangerous roads
• At least one access road to each school.

Secondary routes: cover local and general access roads, less used industrial roads and cul-de-sacs etc, which are only salted during prolonged periods of adverse weather and when resources allow.

We have specialised gritters for footways and our priority footway routes include:

• Main shopping areas
• Footways at community centres and health centres
• Footways near sheltered housing and schools
• Steep or particularly wet footways that create enhanced risk.

If freezing conditions are forecast we treat the Primary and Secondary Footway Routes in advance as a precaution.

We have more than 400 grit bins which we regularly check and refill.  You can view your nearest grit bin. To view the grit bin map select the pin button shown on the top left hand side of the map to allow you to enter the address you are searching as shown below.

Members of the public can get grit at Broomhill Depot, Kilsyth Road, Kirkintilloch G661QF and Langfaulds Cemetery, Baljaffray Road, Bearsden. You will need to bring a container and load the grit yourself.

Our Salt Dome holds up to 5,000 tonnes of salt, keeping it dry to maximise its effectiveness on the roads.