I hadn't found the 'winter service plan' before - thanks, Andrew.

I see (p.7.) Sydenham and FH west of the railway line is designated as an 'exceptional salting route' which 'can be specified if the weather forecast is marginal.' (Why only then?)

Also that 'If the Council receives a complaint from the public about roads that they consider require regular salting, those roads will be added to a register of such roads included in the Lessons Learned Log. The roads on this register will be considered for inclusion within a Primary or Secondary Salting Route when the routes are periodically reviewed.' I made such a complaint about Round Hill and Radlet Avenue and I am pleased to say that (as a result?) both roads were effectively gritted on Thursday night.

I agree that what is said about salt bins on p. 10 is patronizing and over-protective in an elfnsafetygornmad sort of way. (But nothing here so far as I can see about the dangers of vandals throwing salt into people's front gardens, which I thought was the main objection to having open access bins.)

Under 'action by residents' on p.12, isn't the implication that the more positive Government guidance now available trumps the rather more cautious LBL advice on the question of the risks of legal action if you clear your own pavement frontage?