Ready for winter

Gritters took to the roads this weekend as West Sussex highways workers tested the organisation’s winter readiness.

The annual ‘dry run’ with the gritters prepared the county council to keep safe the main roads and approaches to hospitals, schools/colleges and busy bus routes.

Drivers from contractor Balfour Beatty Living Places checked the vehicles and equipment was in good working order and the operation was an opportunity to familiarise themselves again with the routes.