1. Welcome and Introduction Councillor Seán Woodward Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment

2. Highway Service Winter Preparations Tim Lawton Head of Highways

3. Weather for the coming winter? Snow? Rain? Wind? All of the above?

6. Three month forecast? Experimental and cutting edge! Influence of El Niño? Higher probability of “Warmer and wetter than average” but “cant rule out a few colder spells”

7. Salt routes Priority 1 salt routes re-optimised for 2015/16 Same route coverage but with 5 fewer vehicles. Significant six figure saving! Going forward Priority 2 routes will be reviewed. Run <5 times per season. New dedicated fleet.

8. New Spreader fleet Faster deployment Increased reliability

9. Working with local schools : Name the Gritter

10. Salt Salt shortages received national media coverage in 2008 HCC increased its salt stock holding capacity in 2014 with the addition of Broadmarsh Depot Total capacity is now approx. 25,000 tonnes Current stockholding gives us capacity for over 200 ‘normal’ salt treatments without restocking. Typical winter is <100 runs!

11. Salt bins Hampshire County Council has over 3700 salt bins across the network Supporting community ‘self help’ Each salt bin holds 750kg of salt/grit mix Usage It takes over 2500t of salt/grit mix to fill all HCC salt bins Intelligent salt bins?

12. Snow Ploughing All our full-size spreading vehicles can be plough equipped in less than an hour. Selected routes have ‘Back to Black’ plough blades. Small fleet of snow blowers and throwers. Additional snow ploughing resource using farmers.

13. 5 New forecast provider for this winter Daily forecasts and updates Roadside weather stations Hazard Manager for Severe Events Response Working Group multi-agency arrangements How do we monitor the weather?

14. Managing Highway Flood Risk Known ‘wetspots’ targeted through the Summer and Autumn Additional ditching / grip / gully cleansing has been completed on known flooding/high risk sites. (2000 gullies) 75,000 of 142,000 gullies cleansed so far this year, some having multiple cleanses. Extra emergency crews and tankers/jetters on standby when heavy rain forecast. Empty/filled sandbag stocks replenished.

15. 14 Severe weather pages www.hants.gov.uk/roads Communications

16. 16 Winter preparations all complete We are ready to respond to any weather event. Flooding hotspots targeted over the summer/autumn Please remember to visit www.hants.gov.uk/roads Summary