tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post8345563647877568389..comments2023-10-20T14:42:07.844+00:00Comments on Louise Baldock: Gritting my teeth (over the gritting)Louise Baldockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430662342062143143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-2655452515283646382010-12-26T17:57:42.467+00:002010-12-26T17:57:42.467+00:00I live in the Litherland area and have yet to see ...I live in the Litherland area and have yet to see a gritter or, indeed, the effects of a gritter ie. salt on the roads!!<br />Went over to Wallasey on Christmas Day and ALL the major, and some side roads, have been gritted and clear of snow and ice - well done WBC!<br />Here in Liverpool it is an absolute disgrace - I have not been able to drive my car since Friday 17 December due to the sheer incompetence and ineptitude of those in charge of the service.<br />I would recommend the dismissal of all those involved and you hire the staff from WBC who seem to know what they are doing!<br />I can only assume that the council is trying to save money by not gritting at all and really can't be bothered about how this inconveniences the thousands of motorists who use the roads to get to work etc.!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-28093512257787907022010-01-19T22:15:37.802+00:002010-01-19T22:15:37.802+00:00In the US, shopkeepers and businesses will shovel ...In the US, shopkeepers and businesses will shovel and salt ("grit") pavements first thing the next morning after a snowfall. I'm not sure about the lawful requirements (and I'm sure they vary in each state), but it's within an injured person's rights to sue a business if the sidewalks/pavements on the premises are dangerous and icy. Local governments will normally NOT clear neighborhood pavements of snow or ice, but it's common and expected for people to shovel their own sidewalk. In all the streets I've lived on in the States, neighbors have gone ahead and shoveled the sidewalks of elderly residents who can't physically shovel.<br /><br />As a current resident of Liverpool (Newsham Park area), I was shocked at the absence of ANY snow response, either by the local council or by local residents. I just could not believe the ice sheeting that was allowed to develop on the sidewalks and streets. I'm not trying to go into hyperbole, but the helplessness of able residents and the council was just plain embarrassing. Why shouldn't we expect the council to enough salt/grit and snow plows? It's not as though there's never snow...there was a big snowfall last year too! And residents who CAN shovel their pavements should have done so the next morning after the first snow...almost none of them did so, and the ice sheeting was the result. <br /><br />It was just ineptitude of an embarrassing level all around. I don't really blame the physically able residents, but the council should have made it clear that businesses and residents should have shoveled their own areas. The state of the small streets off of Prescott Rd., etc., was a joke. They were undriveable, and I saw many elderly people having the hardest time getting around. <br /><br />I don't want to sound like a complaining foreigner, but there needs to be a massive makeover in the way the council and residents deal with what is in many other parts of the developed world a normal winter snowfall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-74475398384137038132010-01-04T21:01:56.442+00:002010-01-04T21:01:56.442+00:00Anonymous - please email me on my private email lo...Anonymous - please email me on my private email louise dot baldock at blueyonder dot co dot uk to share more information with me about Manchester and Trafford councils gritting/salting pavements. I have obviously been misinformed and this could be crucial. <br />And of course we will be examining the Enterprise contract very thoroughly, we have already pledged to. <br />Cheers, good comment, helpful, thanksLouise Baldockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430662342062143143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-39834714917858397692010-01-04T16:07:49.066+00:002010-01-04T16:07:49.066+00:00shoudl labour win contraol of the coucil in may I ...shoudl labour win contraol of the coucil in may I suggest you and or a colleague examine the utterely woeful and inadequete contractual terms of Enterprise Liverpool and if necessary end the contract and get some people who give a shit <br /><br />you will be unsurprised to know that both Trafford and manchester council "do pavements"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com