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  • Advice on clearing snow from a road, path or cycleway

    16/01/2013

    Clearing snow from a road, path or cycleway

    You can clear snow and ice from pavements yourself. It’s unlikely that you’ll be sued or held responsible if someone is injured on a path or pavement if you’ve cleared it carefully.

    When you clear snow and ice:

    • do it early in the day - it’s easier to move fresh, loose snow

    • don’t use water - it might refreeze and turn to black ice

    • use salt if possible - it will melt the ice or snow and stop it from refreezing overnight (but don’t use the salt from salting bins as this is used to keep roads clear)

    • you can use ash and sand if you don’t have enough salt - it will provide grip underfoot

    • pay extra attention when clearing steps and steep pathways - using more salt may help

    Council gritting:

    You can find out which roads and pavements your council grits in icy or snowy weather by using this link on the gov.uk website.

    Further information on gritting etc can be found here.

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