As I tottered in to the office this morning, listening to Radio Gloucestershire and trying to pay heed to the Police advice not to make unnecessary jouneys in this weather, I couldn’t help but wonder whether things have to be quite like this.
For those of us who actually like to be out working, this gritty situation, or lack of grit, is a real problem. I appreciate there may be one or two people reading this who like nothing better than staying at home and rocking gently in front of a computer, but that isn’t the case for most, I know.
Cllr Bill Evans (Labour, god bless him) decided to take Gloucestershire County Council to task. Places like Norfolk seem to have a good stock of rock salt and I undersatnd they haven’t come a cropper, so why us? So Bill asked Gloucestershire County Council if they would supply him with agreed delivery dates, contact details of the supplier so he could check if they had defaulted and tonnage. He also asked Shire Hall if there are penalty clauses in the contractor’s contract for failing to deliver.
And the reply? Here it is:
Well, that’s cleared that up, hasn’t it?!
