gritters

Police had to call the gritters to Waldeck Street in Katesgrove on Sunday morning because the road was too dangerous to allow cars to pass.

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This carries the added bonus of having potentially hundreds of punters pishing in the snow, thus freeing up the gritters to go where they're really needed.

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To use Nancy's term, we were high-achieving "gritters."

Roger Fransecky: Don't Postpone Your Life! Roger Fransecky 2011

To use Nancy's term, we were high-achieving "gritters."

Roger Fransecky: Don't Postpone Your Life! Roger Fransecky 2011

Protests against wage freezes and cuts by hospital workers, refuse collectors, road gritters and grave diggers disrupted the country.

Weatherwatch: 1979, 'the winter of our discontent' 2011

Buses have been cancelled or had their routes heavily cut back, as gritters battle to keep major routes open.

Snow warning for eastern UK Adam Gabbatt 2010

*Winds bring a chill to Cardiff tonight as fresh snow fall predicted*Cardiff council reassure residents on stock piles of salt for the city and gritters out twice during the night*Check back here for updates and add your snow pics here

Freezing weather forecast for Cardiff Hannah Waldram 2010

I can't remember the exact words but it was along the lines of; "We do not have enough vehicles (road gritters) to deal with this and really it's not worth it when we have freak snowstorms like this that happen once every twenty years or so ...."

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

They should have had gritters on all the roads and council workmen cleaning pavements in the centre.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

It would regularly snow and heavy, but schools were never closed and first thing in the morning, around 5am, the gritters would be on the roads.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009