Gritting Changes in North Cambridge

With Summer barely over I'm afraid the eyes of the County have already started to focus in on Winter as it completes it's review of gritting.

Following on from last years heavy snowfall the County Council has decided to "trim" the Gritting Network as a way of conserving resources and lowering costs. For us in King's Hedges the only change of note is that St. Kilda Avenue (between Campkin Road and King's Hedges Road) has been removed from the gritting network.

Despite the inconvience for local residents it does seem to make sense - both Campkin Road and King's Hedges Road are both to be gritted and these two roads join up a few hundred meters down the road - you can see on the map to the left (where the route is strangely still being highlighted!) that there are alternatives.

Note: Gritting is the responsibility of the County Council, not the City Council - the City Council has offered to make staff who can't do other work available for gritting providing the County provides both the grit and the legal indemnity.