The paths are in a shocking state - I've been in North Hull and West Hull visiting today and just got back home to Cottingham - everywhere is really bad. A few people seemed to have cleared the ice from in front of their property but in general walking conditions are terrible.

Havent always had a car.....its winter for gods sake and you expect it to be icey and slippery.



so you expect every street in Hull to be gritted or just the hallowed Hotham rd and Bricknell ave.

It all depends on what people want and MORE SPECIFICALLY are willing to pay for.



Most local authorities scaled down their gritting/salting operations over the last decade or so, simply because we didn't suffer from any bad weather to make them necessary.



We had a few unseasonably cold days last February and a few this last couple of weeks. Now all the moaners are out blaming the council/government for not having the facilities to clear any snow/ice before its even had a chance to lay. What do they expect? Maybe the council should keep thousands of tons of salt in store, just in case? Road salt is good for a couple of years only, it then needs disposing of and renewing. You've also got to find and maintain buildings suitable for the storage. Then you've got to buy and maintain vehicles to distribute and spread the salt.



It's all a bit like saying: five years ago, all those south-east Asian countries should've anticipated a tsunami and built suitable flood defences.



We don't often agree but I'm with you on this one.

In all fairness my street hasn't been gritted, but I always presumed that the bus routes were treated. Having visited the Bricknell area this afternoon, it is particularly bad and where is your Christmas spirit Baldy, stop being a Scrooge.



I don't think it's too much to ask for major roads and paths to be gritted. Maybe we should get those paying Community Service to get out there and grit/salt the areas affected.

Spot on....and i bet they will be the 1st to complain when told the money for other projects went to buying road salt as its winter and all the streets wanted gritting...the roads are a priority and anything else that gets done is a bonus in my eyes.



People moan just for the sake of it.

Buggerd if i know....wouldnt have botherd me if they hadnt done it....its winter and expect a bit of ice and slipping....Maybe you missed them when they was out gritting the paths round your way.

Whats that got to do with it?



Good point on community service though.

'Cos you're being a bah humbug instead of a sympathetic soul.

wouldn't it be an idea to maybe utilise the likes of the summer machinery that is used for council gardens, i.e grass cutters etc surly they can be adopted to throw a bit of salt out instead of been stuck idle somewhere in a warehouse i assume for x amount of months

But how will the gritter drivers get to work if the roads & paths haven't been gritted?