The council aims to make Hull’s roads as safe as possible and keep disruption caused by bad weather to a minimum.
From late autumn to late spring, the council's winter maintenance team is on standby 24-hours-a-day to respond to inclement weather conditions.
Gritting involves the spreading of rock salt on roads by the council's fleet of gritters. The salt lowers the temperature at which water freezes. This prevents ice from forming or snow from setting. It needs traffic to be effective as it relies on the action of vehicle tyres for the salt to spread over the road, forming a brine solution which prevents the ice forming
Rock salt is effective at temperatures down to minus 8 to 10 degrees Celsius. Below that, salted roads will still freeze.
Which roads are gritted and when
The council receives regular and detailed weather forecasts from 2 weather monitoring stations in Hull. This helps to forecast road surface temperatures and decide which roads need gritting and when.
Road gritting is concentrated on the key routes which carry most traffic around Hull. This includes bus routes.
Access the map of our gritting routes
