Councillor Seán Woodward Executive Member for Economy Transport and Environment Highway Service Winter Preparations Tim Lawton Head of Highways Weather for the coming winter Snow Rain ID: 367940
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Welcome and Introduction
Councillor
Seán
Woodward
Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment Slide2
Highway Service Winter Preparations
Tim Lawton
Head of HighwaysSlide3
Weather for the coming winter?
Snow?
Rain?
Wind?
All of the above?Slide4Slide5Slide6
Three month forecast?
Experimental and cutting edge!
Influence of
El
Niño?
Higher probability of “Warmer and wetter than average”but “cant rule out a few colder spells”Slide7
Salt routes
Priority 1 salt routes re-
optimised
for 2015/16
Same route coverage but with 5 fewer vehicles. Significant s
ix figure s
aving
!Going forward Priority 2 routes will be reviewed. Run <5 times per season.New dedicated fleet.Slide8
New Spreader fleet
Faster deployment
Increased reliabilitySlide9
Working with local schools :
Name the GritterSlide10
Salt
Salt
shortage
s
received national
media coverage in
2008
HCC increased its salt stock holding capacity in 2014 with the addition of Broadmarsh DepotTotal capacity is now approx. 25,000 tonnesCurrent stockholding gives us capacity for over 200 ‘normal’ salt treatments without restocking. Typical winter is <100 runs! Slide11
Salt bins
Hampshire County Council has over 3700 salt bins
across
the
network
Supporting community ‘self help
’Each salt bin holds 750kg of salt/grit mixUsageIt takes over 2500t of salt/grit mix to fill all HCC salt binsIntelligent salt bins?Slide12
Snow Ploughing
All our full-size spreading vehicles can be plough equipped
in less than an hour
.
Selected routes have ‘Back to Black’ plough blades
.
Small fleet of snow blowers and throwers
.Additional snow ploughing resource using farmers.Slide13
5
New forecast provider for this winter
Daily forecasts and updates
Roadside weather stations
Hazard Manager for Severe Events
Response Working Group multi-agency arrangements
How do we monitor the weather?Slide14
Managing Highway Flood Risk
Known ‘
wetspots
’ targeted through the Summer and
Autumn
Additional ditching / grip / gully cleansing
has been completed
on known flooding/high risk sites. (2000 gullies)75,000 of 142,000 gullies cleansed so far this year, some having multiple cleanses.Extra emergency crews and tankers/jetters on standby when heavy rain forecast.Empty/filled sandbag stocks replenished.Slide15
14
Severe weather pages
www.hants.gov.uk/roads
CommunicationsSlide16
16
Winter preparations all complete
We are
ready to respond to any weather event.
F
looding
hotspots targeted over the summer/autumn Please remember to visit www.hants.gov.uk/roads Summary