November 1st 2023 – May 15th 2024

The winter service fleet will be on standby 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week to respond and cover 593km of trunk roads and 151km of footpaths.

Amey’s dedicated winter maintenance teams will monitor weather forecasts and road surface temperatures to understand when treatments are required to keep the north east Scotland trunk road network moving over the coming months.

In addition to 35,000 tonnes of salt, Amey will have 50,000 litres of potassium acetate and 50,000 litres of magnesium chloride in stock for teams to deliver alternative treatments on roads and paths during the lowest temperatures.

The new 9,000 tonne capacity salt barn at Amey’s Kinross depot and 5,000 tonne salt barn at the Nairn depot will also add increased resilience in tackling adverse weather conditions across the network.

The winter service fleet features 40 Econ gritters and 40 snowploughs, as well as 6 new footpath gritters, 4 fastracs and 4 snow blowers.

Please find below a copy of our 2023-24 NMC NE Winter Plan to read or download.

North East NMC 2023-24 Winter Service Plan