When a site needs gritting
- Staff and visitors cross the car park on icy mornings
- Ramps, steps and entrances stay frosty in the shade
- Disabled bays and the path to the door freeze overnight
- Residents use communal paths and steps through the winter
- The site has no gritting plan for the coming winter
Winter gritting in Newport
Business parks by the M4 at Newport are spread out, with long footpaths between car parks and office entrances. Those paths, the steps and ramps, and the disabled bays nearest the door are covered first.
At Spytty and Maesglas, trolley bays and the crossings in front of the stores come ahead of the outer parking rows, and service yards are treated where drivers and staff walk.
Get a quote in NewportNewport frost and the sites that need salt
Usk, the nearest Met Office station, averages about 50 air frosts a year. Frost forms most readily after a clear, still night, and salt spread the evening before stops ice on an early-opening site.
Newport City Council's yellow bins are for public roads and pavements. It asks people to buy salt from builders' merchants or DIY shops for private areas.
Ice on a sloping car park or ramp is the main slip risk for staff and visitors on the parks around Celtic Springs, Imperial Park and Langstone.
Areas of Newport we cover
- Celtic Springs and Cleppa Park NP10
- Imperial Park, Coedkernew NP10
- Rogerstone NP10
- Duffryn NP10
- Maesglas NP20
- City centre NP20
- Lliswerry and Spytty NP19
- Langstone NP18
- Llanwern NP18
What gritting covers
Routes marked in order of priority on a plan of the site.
Salt spread when frost, ice or snow is forecast for your area.
Treatment of parking areas, disabled bays and access roads.
Pedestrian routes between parking and entrances treated by hand.
How a gritting arrangement works
- Marking the routes
Priority routes are marked on a site plan or aerial view in autumn.
- Agreeing the triggers
The forecast conditions that start a visit, and the times visits happen, are agreed with you.
- Treating the routes
Salt goes down on the priority routes first, then on lower-priority areas.
What the price depends on in Newport
- The area of car parks, roads and paths
- The number of priority routes
- The trigger conditions and visit times agreed
- How many treatments a cold spell needs
- Footpath length between car parks and entrances on spread-out parks
- The days the site is in use
Winter gritting in Newport: questions
We run a school in Newport. Which areas should be gritted first?
The main gates, the paths pupils and parents use, steps and ramps, and the staff car park. A plan of the routes used at the start of the school day sets the order.
Will the council treat the road outside our unit?
Newport City Council's website maps its gritting routes and grit bins, so you can check your road. The car park and paths inside your boundary are yours to treat.
Can salt damage new paving or concrete?
Salt can mark or damage some natural stone and very new concrete. Tell us about surfaces laid in the last year so they can be treated with care or left out.
Gritting a Newport business site
Let us have a plan showing car parks, paths and entrances, the site address, the days the site is in use, and any surfaces laid in the last year.
This service is carried out by Limeworks Outdoor Services, a Dragon Multi-Trade brand.