Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
2 December 2010
20:2382898Thanks for all the updates, here is mine. Daughter's partner, Duncan, tried to get his car up the hill to Heathfield and gave up so it is back on our drive.
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2 December 2010
21:5782920Just to let you know we at DCR are publishing the best pictures sent in on our website so please send them in and send in your reports:
http://www.dovercommunityradio.co.uk/index.php?page=the-big-freeze
Hope everyone kept warm today, anyone know as yet how everything will go tommorrow?
Here at Buckland it is still snowing and we seem to have about a foot still, where we cleared the garden its completely refilled it. Also slippery on the roads, I walked along part earlier and nearly slipped over. Also had ice forming on the windows so stayed in the warm.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
2 December 2010
23:3582952Just to cheer you all up
, the temperature outside is -5 according to my computer. I am now off to snuggle up under the bedclothes.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
3 December 2010
07:1682966roger,thanks for partly answering my question.is aycliffe a suburb or a village or maybe a forgotten outpost.so where was the gritters/snowploughs when we needed it.by the sounds of it in what you posted the linces,st rads etc got plouged and gritted but aycliffe didnt.
3 December 2010
09:2282974Not just Aycliffe Brian, Buckland Estate hasn't been gritted either...we haven't had buses for two days now and no cars (except a few 4x4s) are going up and down, so not just you guys!
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
3 December 2010
09:3382975Transport minister just been on news he was asked a direct question is there enough salt to grit roads, he said there are millions of tons.
on the side roads question the transport minister stated clearly if side roads pavements are not salted then that is a decision of the local council
the govt has provided the salt for pavements/side roads if there not done its local councils who made the decisiion not to.
over to you council forum members
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
3 December 2010
10:1782985I understand that DDC clear the Town Centres and the County clear the Primary and Secondary roads and pavements - which clearly is not being done.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
3 December 2010
10:3582989brian
exactly the same problem where i live, absolutely impassable here, no sign of a gritter.
this is totally unacceptable now, lessons have not been learned.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
3 December 2010
10:4082991Saw them gritting the main roads last night, tried to get a picture of the truck but twas too dark. But it went a fair pace and was trying to cover a lot of ground, but as is clear now its not doing the side streets. The gritting salt does not function if the temperature goes below -10 ..so sayeth the TV expert last night. Im sure the surface of the roads last night was below -10 as even after the gritters the roads were sheet ice in the continual snow. Trucks and cars were crawling with no grip at all. Very very dangerous.
Will add a picture in a min..
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
3 December 2010
10:5182995following on from the previous post..conditions last night in the driving snow. You should just be able to make out the snowfall underneath the streetlights
Unregistered User
3 December 2010
12:1983011The County Council is responsible for ALL pavement and street clearance and main roads with exception of motorways etc. that role is the responsibility of the Highway Agency.
DDC take street sweeping and refuse contractors off normal duties to support the other agencies.
Watty
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
3 December 2010
12:3283015Following on from Paul's post and feeling rather cynical at the moment, I wonder how many roads and pavements in Maidstone are unuseable in comparison with places like Dover.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
3 December 2010
12:3983016good question jan, maybe our county councillor who is a member here can update on this?
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,037
3 December 2010
13:4983029Had e-mails from the council and Terry Sutton our N. Watch co-ordinator saying that there will be no waste collections today in Whitfield owing to severe weather.
It will be collected on the next collection date.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
3 December 2010
14:1883034Has anyone had any post yesterday or today, I have had none so far with lots expected....
3 December 2010
14:2783039no post either royal mail have apologised for it tho .
3 December 2010
14:4383041No post, and as you say, shedloads expected.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
3 December 2010
15:1983051no post for two days,but did see loads of postmen in morrisans this morning,[buying and other sugery items] that was around 0830 today.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
3 December 2010
16:0383057not post or milk for the last 2 days, not surprising though.
the pavements and roads are far too dangerous, when i went out earlier i was just in time to see a car skid up the pavement opposit and hit a wall, the car could have only been doing about 10 m.p.h.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
3 December 2010
16:4483074so if it is kcc 's problem and i know roger was unhappy when i spokewith him this morning.
so what is our kcc member doing about it?>
i recall the labour party being slagged off on here for not posting even though i cvontinued, but its very noticeable our county member once joining DDC cabinet stopped posting.
so is he being whipped into not to post?
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