As I’ve previously reported, the County Council decided on 13 December to restore last year’s winter gritting routes, and to reinstate street lighting to previous levels in places where  dimming and overnight shut-down has been implemented.

To put the gritting routes back into place, council officers have contacted the supplier of their leased gritting lorries.  Following some servicing to the vehicles, extra lorries will start arriving in Cambridgeshire from next week.  Trained drivers are supplied by Skanska – this will take a little longer for obvious reasons, and officers expect the full service will be available across the county from mid to late January. The County Council will start to reinstate routes as drivers and vehicles become available.  This is likely to be district by district, with the order of roll out depending on the availability of drivers.

Meanwhile, the County Council has instructed street lighting supplier Balfour Beatty to reinstate street lights to their previous levels as soon as possible in areas where they have been dimmed and shut off overnight.  Council officers hope this will be resolved by Christmas.