Winter Service Plan
The Ayrshire Roads Alliance within the Department of Safer Communities is responsible for providing the winter service for East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire Councils.
The remit includes:
- Establishing standards
- Establishing treatment priorities
- Day to day direction of operations
- Monitoring performance
- Liaison with adjoining Councils and Emergency Services.
The Winter Service Plan was revised during the summer of 2015 to introduce the concepts, and to follow the format provided in the code of practice ‘Well Maintained Highways’, which was updated in September 2013.
In addition, the Ayrshire Roads Alliance follow advice from the SCOTS Winter Service Subgroup on the use and application of Appendix H: Winter Service issues.
There is additional and more detailed information available internally (within the Ayrshire Roads Alliance Quality Management System and the Severe Weather Operations Plan for resources involved with the management and implementation of this Winter Service Plan).
1. Statement of policies and responsibilities
Statutory obligations and policy
Responsibilities
Decision making process
Arrangements with adjacent authorities
Resilience levels
2. Quality
Quality management regime
Document control procedures
Distribution of documents
Information recording and analysis
Arrangements for performance monitoring and updating
3. Route planning for Carriageway and Footways
General
Carriageways routes for precautionary treatment
Carriageway routes for post treatment
Carriageway routes for snow clearance
Footway routes for precautionary treatment
Footway routes for post treatment
Routes for cycle route treatment
Response and treatment times for carriageway treatments
Location and maintenance of grit bins
Community self assistance
4. Weather prediction and information
Forecasting, patrols, and other decision support information
Information to be provided by forecaster
Timing and distribution of information
Maintenance of ice detection equipment
5. Organisational arrangements and personnel
Organisational chart and employee responsibilities
Employee responsibilities
Employee duty, schedules, rota's, and standby arrangements
Additional resources
Training
Health and safety procedures
6. Plant, vehicles and equipment
Plant, vehicles and equipment
Location of plant, vehicles and other equipment
Garaging, servicing and maintenance arrangements
Contact and hire arrangements for contract plant