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To think that the council could grit and clear our road?

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Kayzr · 30/12/2009 08:13

Our road is just a little cul-de-sac but it is like an ice rink and we have loads of old people living down here.

My Dh has muscular dystrophy and when he went to work this morning he had to crawl over the road as he couldn't walk on it even with his 2 sticks(he usually just walks without any sticks). I found this really upsetting when he text me to say he had to do that. It must also be really degrading for him but he would never say so.

Every other road has been cleared but they will not do ours as it is not needed. An ambulance coming to the sheltered housing last night nearly spun and he was going really slowly.

AIBU to want them to just grit the bloody road?

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Longtalljosie · 30/12/2009 08:14

Is it unadopted? Ours is and like yours, is like a skating rink...

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Kayzr · 30/12/2009 08:21

Not sure if it is unadopted. The gritter and snow plough drive past everyday so we are not out of the way either.

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SheikYerbouti · 30/12/2009 08:26

I think they will generally only grit main routes tbh.

We live in a cul de sac, with mainly HA shletered houing for the elderly. They never grit down here though.

Normally your council will have some kind of action line you can call to request this, or get in touch with your local councillor, who might be able to look into getting at least a grit bin put on the road, so that you can do a bit of gritting if it gets bad.

your husband had to crawl to get

DoingTheBestChristmasICan · 30/12/2009 08:55

Thats awful, i feel sad for your dh.

Have you any salt yourself to throw over the ice? We have had to do that down our cul-de-sac too, we span the other morning & nearly hit the pavement.

tribpot · 30/12/2009 09:01

Same here - my husband is in a wheelchair and hasn't left the house since 18th Dec (when we battled to clear a path to the car to put the chair in to go to the hospital to find out his notes were in transit from a different hospital .. ). Last week I watched the gritter do all the cul-de-sacs except ours and the ones on either side. We tried to get the car out at the weekend and it just span its wheels. We haven't seen the bin men for week (ironic given we saw them quite frequently during the long recent strike).

Well, that's it for me - I'm going to email the councillor. He's normally quite prompt at replying. Even if we grit the cul-de-sac there's no way for dh to go beyond it in the wheelchair as all the paths are treacherous

fiveisanawfullybignumber · 30/12/2009 09:02

My mum lives in a shelter acom cul de sack in our village and they were left to fend for themselves with the ice & snow. Councills just don't have the money!
I would drive mums car out to the main road (clearer) for her, then she'd go out and do her jobs, (fiercly independant!!)
Salt is the answer, and clearing your drive of snow when it's still fresh helps. Took DS1 (17) just over an hour to clear and salt our drive, but it necer iced over like the others. All he wanted in payment was a steaming hot chocolate with squirty cream and marshmallows!!!

mankyscotslass · 30/12/2009 09:03

That's awful, but here the council only grit main roads. None of our roads and pavements other than main ones ever get done. Our road is a cut through between two main roads, and for a week was inches thick in compacted snow and ice, some of the older people were prisoners in their own home for all that time.

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Kayzr · 30/12/2009 09:08

There is no salt to be seen in our town, I work at the only supermarket in town and it is selling as soon as the delivery arrives and we don't drive so can't get out to anywhere else.

We used all our salt collectivly as a street as there is a path round the gardens for people to get the bins in and out. Actually it is bin day today so I hope they come.

I think I am going to e-mail the councillor and see if anything can be done. We are practically next door to the council depo where all the gritters etc are so it isn't like we are in the middle of nowhere.

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ProfYaffle · 30/12/2009 09:14

Have you tried calling the council? Some friends of mine had similar circumstances but then an ambulance couldn't get along their street so the council gritted after that. Might be worth a try.

oldraver · 30/12/2009 17:57

Couldn't you get together with neighbours and clear from just outside your bit ? I live at the end of a cul-de-sac, the first of seven houses on a private drive. The bit outside mine is a slope and really dangerous in snow/ice so I go and clear it and have to discourage the local kids from using their de-wheeled skateboards down the slope and make it safe

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Kayzr · 30/12/2009 20:46

Our neighbour cleared a path this afternoon actually as he slipped a disc earlier this year and still struggles a bit so luckily we have a bit where he can get out.

Our councillor is going to look into some solutions for us.

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SheikYerbouti · 30/12/2009 20:46

Glad your cllr responded. Do chase them if they don't get back to you soon

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