Maps produced by the County Council show that traffic will completely grind to a halt in central St Albans should there be any snow this winter.
The new maps – which Herts CC claims will only reduce coverage by 2% – remove the following roads from the gritting routes:
- St Peter’s Road
- Manor Road
- Beaconsfield Road
- Lemsford Road
- Marlborough Road
- Clarence Road
- Woodstock Road North
- Woodstock Road South.
Local Lib Dem County Councillor Chris White commented: ‘It is already bad enough when it snows. But these routes are all part of the key arterial network of the centre of St Albans: if these roads are left impassable traffic will simply grind to a halt.
‘Yet again the hopelessly out of touch Conservative County Council has – without any consultation – decided what it best for St Albans like some nineteenth century colonial power.’
The new maps are shown below: