Sunday morning 20 January, I received a call from Town Councillor Brian Barnes, alerting me to oil tankers sliding on ice over the weekend, on Pound Lane Thatcham. An articulated tanker carrying in excess of 30,000 ltrs of oil was expected to arrive at the oil depot in Pound Lane at 07.00 the next morning.
Having contacted the out of hours emergency service based in Bromley Kent, twice during the day, the reply from the highways duty officer via the Bromley based contact centre was on the lines of " All councillors are consulted on the plan for proposed gritting for the coming winter, in the autumn. That's the opportunity for local councillors to ask for the road to be included on the primary route, before the plan is put in place."
Needless to say I have referred the matter to the Chief Executive of West Berkshire Council, and action is being taken to ensure that in future the highways duty officer speaks directly with a councillor and responds positively.
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