When freezing winter weather is on the way, Cambridgeshire County Council's gritting teams pull out all the stops to keep the county on the move.

Over 40% of Cambridgeshire's roads and most bus routes are salted when required.  This is the equivalent to the distance by road from Cambridge to Rome.  This means that most people will live on or very close to a treated route.

Please note the Highways Agency are responsible for Trunk Roads (M11, A14, A1(M), A1, A11, A47 and A428).

Temporary Winter Maintenance Regime now in effect (January 2010)

A national shortage of salt and a new countrywide rationing system means that Cambridgeshire has had to review its gritting operation.

In line with neighbouring counties such as Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire will now grit ‘A’ roads and a priority network of ‘B’ roads as well as waterside roads, such as those next to drains in the Fens and routes to hospitals. This will continue until sufficient new deliveries of rock salt can be secured. Drivers are being asked to take extra care during these times and not to expect all the roads that would normally be gritted to be treated. In addition they are asked to watch out for pot holes that are occurring as a result of the freeze and thaw action of the weather. If you want to report a pothole please follow the link to the right. 

Maps showing which routes will continue to be gritted (red) and those routes that are normally treated but have been temporarily removed due to national rationing (blue) can be accessed to the right under publications.