The Nitty Gritty
Posted by AdminJan 6
I’ve noticed lots of people complaining about the lack of grit on the town’s roads and pavements during this recent cold snap. Well blow me down, when I got to work this morning there was a guy in a hi-viz jacket hand-gritting both sides of the pavement along Norwich Street. The road had been done too – and I think a fair bit of the town had been covered, judging by my walk home this evening.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent Town Council meeting, where the state of Fakenham’s car parks before Christmas was ‘discussed’. Town Councillor Ann Chappel criticised the NNDC, saying that it had “failed to meet its responsibilities to shoppers and businesses”. I must say, having seen what Queens Road car park was like on the week before Christmas (we skated round for a bit then decided not to park there at all) I tend to agree.
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Well this awful weather goes on and I think it brings out the worst in people. So many say that they see gritting lorries driving round but not spreading. So many say that ploughs drive around with the blade set at a minimum 8 inches from the road surface.
How can people so freely malign our hard working council employees? Why just over the Christmas week alone they struggled ceaselessly, nay, valiantly to deliver in that week almost a ton thats right a whole ton of salt onto Norfolks road system. I have to say this was done at great risk, not only to the crews themselves but also risk of wear and tear on the lorries.
Perhaps in future we should all be a little more charitable to those who take but mere millions a year in council tax for just this very purpose. After all, mere millions buy very little salt.
The virgin blogger
P.S. As we always say its too cold for snow.