As a result of winter maintenance over the snowy period in December, there is grit on many local pavements and roads and, now the chance of further snow and ice has disappeared, residents are rightly asking when this grit is going to be cleaned away.
The Waste Management Department of the City Council has advised me :
"We have 4 small compact sweepers and 3 medium size mechanical sweepers that are undertaking this task. In the west end there are a number of manual street sweeping beats and mobile beats. The street sweepers on the manual beats are being instructed to sweep all grit into the channel. The mechanical sweepers will then run the channels uplifting the grit. On the mobile routes we will be using a combination of manual sweeping and the mechanical sweeping to uplift the grit. We are currently working on the main thoroughfares across the city. We will then proceed into residential streets.
Additionally are also doing diamonds and islands at junctions between 6am and 7am and at the weekends. A nightshift is being planned in the next few weeks to do Kingsway, Forfar Road, Riverside Drive etc. This allows us to complete central reservations/roundabouts etc. Any areas that we are unable to complete during the day. Any complaints that we recieve will also be attended too."