Appendix 2b - Winter Maintenance - Level Of Service & Priority Systems 2023– 2024 (Footways)
Perth and Kinross Council · 1 November 2023
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Appendix 2b WINTER MAINTENANCE - LEVEL OF SERVICE & PRIORITY SYSTEMS 2023– 2024 (FOOTWAYS) Category Descriptions Examples Length (km) Hours of Cover Service Provided Response Time Target Treatment Times (Priority Routes) Target Post Gritting / Snow Clearance Time 1 Main shopping areas, main arterial footways, busy feeder footways and footways leading to community centres and centres of employment. Perth, Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Blairgowrie, Crieff, Kinross, Pitlochry, Alyth, Bridge of Earn, Coupar Angus, Dunked, Luncarty, Milnathort and Scone. N/A 0630-1500 Mon-Sat 0800-1500 Sun and nationally recognised public holidays In snow and ice conditions 1 hour N/A 6 hours 2 As above plus Other footways with significant usage. As above plus Abernethy, Aberuthven, Almondbank, Balbeggie, Bankfoot, Blackford, Braco, Burrelton Caputh, Comrie, Glencarse,. Glenfarg, Inchture, Longforgan, Methven, Muthill, Powmill, Meigle, Stanley N/A 08:00-15:00 Monday -Friday In snow and ice conditions As soon as possible after Cat 1 routes have been completed N/A N/A
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APPENDIX 2b (contd.) WINTER MAINTENANCE - LEVEL OF SERVICE & PRIORITY SYSTEMS 2023 – 2024 (FOOTWAYS) Category Descriptions Examples Length (km) Hours of Cover Service Provided Response Time Target Treatment Times (Priority Routes) Target Post Gritting / Snow Clearance Time 3 Less well used footways and footways where a feasible alternative route exists N/A 08:00-15:00 Monday - Friday Not normally treated. Only treated in prolonged snow and ice conditions if time and resources permit, and after successful treatment of higher priorities N/A N/A N/A 4 Footways which are not the responsibility of a Council Service, which are not considered to be important in the footway network, or have a suitable alternative route treated N/A N/A Not treated N/A N/A N/A Lower priority routes will only be treated once the higher priority routes have been treated unless operational factors such as efficient route planning dictate otherwise. Officers will rotate the order of settlements treated by a single resource to ensure fair coverage and in prolonged severe conditions may deviate from retreating category 1 routes when considered safe and where a wider community benefit can be achieved by doing so. There will be no footway treatment on either 25th December or 1st January. Footway cover is only provided out of normal hours during the main winter period. During lead in/lead out periods it is not possible to treat any footway out of hours and so available resources will be deployed during the working day to best effect in relation to weather conditions being experienced.