Well Done Dublin City Council for a Gritting Job par Excellence.

AlekSmart · 08-01-2010 1:38am #1

I think it only fair in these troubled times to offer congratulations to Dublin City Council for a rather splendid Gritting Job in Drumcondra (Rather more specifically Tolka Bridge).

At approx 14.15 (Thursday) I was hugely impressed to see a 5 man City Council team complete with JCB and plentiful supplies of grit deployed to clear this strategic part of Dublins North City infrastructure.

I have no hesitation in offering my congratulations to the City Manager and the Local DCC Roads and Streets department for their herculean efforts (Or rather that of their Employees) to preserve life and limb in Drumcondra.

I feel confident that local residents and business people will join me in these good wishes,including I would expect,former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern,who may well have been able to witness the entire operation from his adjacent constituency office ....... :rolleyes:

With any luck this may be the beginning of a major anti-icing programme throughout the Capital over the coming days.....

spongeman · 08-01-2010 6:59am

Thank god, they unclogged the main artery in Dublin.

Did the other 4 stand around while the old guy cleared the ice ?

Cookie_Monster · 08-01-2010 9:39am

Don't be praising everyone just yet, supplies are predicted to run out today at some point, though I suppose that's managements fault.

In fairness DLRCoCo guys were out shovelling it off the back of a truck in Dun Laoghaire yesterday, good on them.

Ste.phen · 08-01-2010 10:36am

Yeah, saw some DCC guys clearing ice from the footpaths on O Connell st today and spreading dirt in its place.

In fairness, how much grit do we usually need for the entire winter, and is it possible we've used it all in the last 8 days?

gurramok · 08-01-2010 2:39pm

Have they cleared anywhere after todays short but heavy snowshower at around 10am?

Yes, everywhere was covered in white after been gritted overnight. Traffic was still sliding out on the N2 Finglas road this morning.

JHMEG · 08-01-2010 3:22pm

Has no-one told them that the priority has switched from Drumcondra to Tullamore?

Victor · 08-01-2010 3:35pm

The above contrasts with a two man team working on O'Connell Bridge yesterday.

lord lucan · 08-01-2010 3:40pm

I was down in Lucan village this morning and SDCC had the snowplough/gritter doing the rounds and a 4 man team gritting the paths. Well played lads.:cool:

Riskymove · 08-01-2010 3:56pm

Over here in D2 we had men out too but its definetely sand not salt

may have been a general decision to start spreading sand as an alternative to help stock levels of salt for key roads

sand will help cars get grip but not melt ice

it will also leave the roads/paths in a mess

anyway its better than nothing

gurramok · 08-01-2010 11:53pm

Have to retract my scepticism of DCC earlier. Today was the first day there was widespread gritting of some sort with nearly every busy street gritted. Was only a little bit icy but hell of alot better than this morning, best this week so far for driving conditions.

The M50 was totally gritted, no ice at all, just wet. The N2 which i reported earlier was a little bit slippy between the M50 and the city, nothing like the bad conditions this morning.

Question is as grit/salt supplies run low, will it be continued over the weekend?

Well Done Dublin City Council for a Gritting Job par Excellence.

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