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Salting routes

Winter Travel

About our winter service
Salting routes
Salting FAQs
Track the gritters
Salt bins
Salt Bag Partnership
Winter driving tips
Clearing snow and ice
ECC - Other Winter Services

Salting routes

We have a total of 57 salting routes.  We operate 62 machines with ploughs plus two mini gritters.

All routes on the salting network are treatable in a maximum of 3 hours.

Salting routes consists of

  • ’A’ roads that Essex Highways are responsible for. This excludes the A12, the A120 and part of the A130 which are administered by other organisations
  • ‘B’ roads
  • The access route to the main settlement of a Parish of 50 or more households not already on the precautionary salting route
  • Roads served by at least 4 public bus services per day for 5 days per week or more 
  • Roads that link sites of national importance (e.g. airports, ports, fuel refineries etc.) to the main salting network
  • We also include roads which allow ambulance and fire stations access to the main salting network

 

To view the salting routes go to our Highways Information Map below and zoom into the area you wish to see.  

Salting routes and domain map

Our full Highways Information Map is also available which has additional layers and has an address search facility. Once you have confirmed you have read the terms and conditions please enable the Winter category to see the salt bin locations and salting routes.