Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Gritting
Why were residential roads in Highgate gritted but not ladder roads? I'm just talking the footpaths here too by the way. People are still having to walk in the middle of the road to get down my street. Tonight I was in Cromwell Rd, part of Haringey, and was very cheesed off and envious to find that it had been cleared of snow and ice and its pavements gritted. I know that Turnpike Lane's pavement was gritted on Sunday night and wasn't feeling left out because it's not a residential road...
What do they have that we don't? Oh yes, sorry I asked.
What do they have that we don't? Oh yes, sorry I asked.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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They started with main footpaths, then hilly or steep footpaths. They seem to have reached others yesterday, at least in Falkland Rd anyway (It is a school road so it should have been a priority).
A small flat bed truck turned up, out jumped three blokes with shovels and started throwing grit around. A salt spreader designed for footpaths might have made their lives easier and economised on salt/grit.
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Permalink Reply by Caroline on
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I came home at about 6pm on Sunday night. At that point all the ladder roads near me had been gritted and the footpaths on one side of the road. Unfortunately, when I left for work on Monday morning the salt was all under a thick layer of snow - but I don't think we can blame the council for that! Frankly, I think that we should all be responsible for clearing the snow from the pavements in front of our own houses ....
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Agreed Caroline.
In Brussels, for example, you can be sued if you don't clear your pavement and someone falls.
We're far too prone to expect the Council to do everything for us and then we moan about Council tax.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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OK, wife has done it for me. I was just miffed that Highgate got the treatment.
More snow forecast for tonight and tomorrow.... joy.
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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on
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On Sunday night all the roads and some of the paths were treated with salt, obviously with that much snowfall it wasn't to prove successful. Subsequently the steeper paths and roads on the Ladder ie Allison & Hewitt were gritted.
As Matt has pointed out although steeper roads and paths are a priority I would have thought school roads would have been too as well as the Passage that still today is lethal.
I was full of praise for the council on Sunday night but they should have done at least the school roads.
When I go A over T, can I sue for a broken ass bone?
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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I have one question that's been bugging me since Sunday: Why are they gritting before the snow falls? What is the point of that? Same with salt, that normally goes on AFTER...
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To be honest Anette, I think you could be onto a nice little earner consulting to the council. I had no idea of when it went down.
Wightman rd treacherous this morning. Cars skidding and sliding, crawling along at 5-10mph. Normally this would be very nice but it's no good for pedestrians or cyclists either.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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I imagine it is because the salt in the grit will lower the freezing point of the snow so that it melts and does not consolidate to ice. The salt/grit on the road prior to snow fall does this to the bottom layer of snow fall and keeps the snow mobile, and (I imagine) it then turns to sluch quicker. The alternative, to grit the top of the snow, means the snow will consolidate and freeze- forming an icey base layer, and anything put on the top then can only affect the top layer.
Don't be confused, grit is not there for traction, it is there to introduce salt to melt the snow/ice...
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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With regard to the refuse collection, I read in the Haringey independent that the workers who were taken off refuse collection were reassigned to gritting and road clearance.
They will now be doing catch up to make up for the missed collection. Details here
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Permalink Reply by John M on
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If anyone's short of grit, most of the surplus off the back of the truck seemed to have been dumped along our (short) road, Woollaston Rd on Tuesday (I think). It's great but not a particularly even distribution. Bins were emptied this morning, a couple of days late but for me that's no problem. I'm new to the site so would be interested if there's been any recent discussions about frequency of bin emptyings. Our large wheelie bin usually has two carrier bags of rubbish in it each week. I don't think I'm a particularly evangelical recycler, but would anyone else favour fortnightly collections?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The Warham Road gritting has been fantastic (at least at the top end where I live). They were out Sunday afternoon and have kept at it during the week. For once I think Haringey need a thank you.
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Yes, would Cllr Haley prefer a True Grit Medal or a Salt of the Earth Award?
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