The Lib Dems running BathNES Council will trial a new scheme to clear snow and ice this winter.
They are recruiting volunteer snow wardens to provide a community resource to help clear snow and ice intheir neighbourhood. The council will provide training, salt (depending on availability) and an appropriate spreader to enable locally prioritised areas of adopted public highway to be cleared of snow and ice.
The pilot scheme will enable volunteers to keep more of our pavements clear of snow and ice. In particular the intendtion is to help make cleared routes on footways to bus stops so that people can reach public transport safely.
Please contact Cllr David Martin for more information if you are interested in volunteering.
Without wishing to complicate matters, I’d note that for Bathwick Hill our elderly take to walking on the road at all times of the year, not simply because of snow/ice, but in time when the footways are clear – because they are uneven, poorly repaired, and a person can trip and fall very easily. Hence our elderly have to dodge traffic by walking on the road and around parked cars – not the best of situations, and one perhaps not limited to Bathwick Hill.