Walsall Council to share road salt stocks

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Walsall Council to share road salt stocks
Express & Star 9 Feb 10
Councils are to share salt to ensure roads are gritted as a fresh blast of wintry weather hits the Midlands. Dudley today had 580 tons of salt left while Walsall’s stockpile stood at 800 tons, the equivalent of five days’ worth. Wolverhampton last night laid down 42 tons of grit, leaving 430 tons, enough for three days...

Express & Star 6 Feb 10 Freeze sparks a rush for grit bins
B'ham Mail 2 Feb 10 Black Country councils defend gritting teams over ‘frightening’ conditions
The YamYam 1 Feb Freezing conditions return to Walsall
Express & Star 1 Feb
Drivers are caught out in big freeze
BBC 1 Feb Midlands motorists struggle with icy roads
Express & Star 1 Feb
Snow returns to the West Midlands pictures

Walsall Council 13 Jan
Gritting teams working continuously to keep roads moving
B’ham Mail 13 Jan
B’ham gritters used 600 tonnes of grit in 24 hours at height of big freeze
Telegraph
12 Jan 10 Government holds salt summit
B’ham Mail pm
11 Jan Midlands councils told to draw up plans to slash gritting routes by 60%
B’ham Mail
11 Jan Roads at their worst in the Midlands as snow turns to ice
B'ham Mail 1 Jan 10
Dozens involved in pile-ups as ice bites on Midlands roads

Matt Lloyd B'ham Mail 22 Dec 09 Walsall grit thefts endangering lives
Express & Star 23 Dec Fears lives at risk as grit bins raided
Walsall Council 21 Dec
Weekend grit operation
Walsall Council 14 Oct
Staff show true grit

The Met Office
Walsall 5 day forecast
Walsall Council
Gritting

Freeze sparks a rush for grit bins

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Freeze sparks a rush for grit bins
Express & Star 6 Feb 10
The big freeze has sparked hundreds of requests for new grit bins across the West Midlands and Staffordshire. Thieves resorted to stealing grit bins and their contents during the severe cold snap and Councillor Tom Ansell said that the stolen bins were being replaced...
B’ham Mail 6 Feb 10 Region put on snow alert

B'ham Mail 2 Feb 10 Black Country councils defend gritting teams over ‘frightening’ conditions
The YamYam 1 Feb Freezing conditions return to Walsall
Express & Star 1 Feb
Drivers are caught out in big freeze
BBC 1 Feb Midlands motorists struggle with icy roads
Express & Star 1 Feb
Snow returns to the West Midlands pictures

Walsall Council 13 Jan
Gritting teams working continuously to keep roads moving
B’ham Mail 13 Jan
B’ham gritters used 600 tonnes of grit in 24 hours at height of big freeze
Telegraph
12 Jan 10 Government holds salt summit
B’ham Mail pm
11 Jan Midlands councils told to draw up plans to slash gritting routes by 60%
B’ham Mail
11 Jan Roads at their worst in the Midlands as snow turns to ice
B'ham Mail 1 Jan 10
Dozens involved in pile-ups as ice bites on Midlands roads

Matt Lloyd B'ham Mail 22 Dec 09 Walsall grit thefts endangering lives
Express & Star 23 Dec Fears lives at risk as grit bins raided
Walsall Council 21 Dec
Weekend grit operation
Walsall Council 14 Oct
Staff show true grit

The Met Office
Walsall 5 day forecast
Walsall Council
Gritting