Winter Service Plan - Resilience levels

1.5 Resilience levels

1.5.1 Resilience Levels for salt stocks shall be as follows.

1.5.2 Resilience for the Overall Winter Period shall be a minimum of 8 days at heavy salting levels, equating to 4400 tonnes. Heavy salting is calculated as two treatments of the Priority 1 network and one treatment of priority 2 networks.

1.5.3 Resilience for December and January shall be increased to a minimum of 15 days at heavy salting levels, equating to 8,150 tonnes.

1.5.4 If stock levels fall below 4,400 tonnes, consideration will be given to introducing salt conversation methods in accordance with the Salt Resilience Plan (Severe Weather Operations Plan), this may include restricting treatment to the Minimum Winter Network Routes (Snow Routes) and the use of salt/ grit mixes.

1.5.5 Should our driver levels fall below the required levels for 2024/25, the drivers ‘off shift’ for each week will be required to concentrate on winter duties only, ensuring the required rest is taken to avoid fatigue and adherence to the Working Time Directive, unless emergency situations occur.

1.5.6 Our Priority 1 routes will be treated only. Where we may have a shortage of drivers, some drivers will cover 2 routes each, therefore deviating from the 3hr treatment time to a 6hr treatment time.

Contact information 

Phone: 01563 503 160

E-mail: enquiries@ayrshireroadsalliance.org

Address:  Ayrshire Roads Alliance, Opera House, 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1DD