QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 17 2010, 02:55 PM)
Actually the correct name is West Berkshire Council. You might see West Berkshire District Council used occasionally but that's not their official name.
I fear that we again are going off topic but to quote them from their own constituation document -
"1.1 The Council’s Constitution
West Berkshire District Council has produced a Constitution which sets out how the
Council operates, how decisions are made and the procedures which are followed to
ensure that these decisions are efficient, transparent and accountable to local
people. Some of these processes are required by law, while others are a matter for
the Council to choose."
Link to this is -
http://www.westberks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=262&p=0However I agree that it may sound like I'm complaining that they are gritting to much now - frost was not forcast for last night, I actually emaied the met office and asked this question - They replied "No the overnight temperature for this area was not expected to drop below 1 or 2c - however we expected rain to continue to 4am with a clearing sky to follow. No frost was recorded at our stations within your area"
Surely if I can get this information then "the council", must get more detailed updated than us!
My concern is that when we do get our next cold snap we are all going to be left with little or no salt / grit as they are being over zelus.
I'll give you the my example from this evening - at 10pm in Hungerford High Street, we had a gritter, followed by a recovery vehicle, followed by another gritter - Both gritters speading either salt or grit or the current mix.
My question is WHY? (Perhaps the recovery truck was just in case but I suspect that this was by accident :-) )
Yes this evening is frosty - but do they know something we don't ? I'm guessing tomorrows trip to work will be bad if we need to have gritter out in tandum.