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Winter Service Plan 2011-2012

Kilkenny Local Authorities

The Councils of the County and City Of Kilkenny
Comhairlí Chontae agus Chathair Chill Chainnigh

Winter Service Plan 2011 -2012

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October 2011

A3 Purpose and Scope

The purpose and scope of this document is to identify the processes, procedures and key personnel employed by Kilkenny County Council in the delivery of winter maintenance services throughout County Kilkenny.

A4 Winter Maintenance Policy

Motorists have a general duty of care to consider prevailing weather and road conditions when planning and/or undertaking journeys across the public road network.

Kilkenny County Council will seek to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the prevention of ice formation and of snow accumulation on Priority 1 Routes (Red Routes).

Kilkenny County Council will seek to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the prevention of ice formation and of snow accumulation on Priority 2 Routes (Blue Routes).

In extreme weather events and/or in circumstances requiring resource prioritisation Priority 1 Routes will take precedence over Priority 2 Routes in terms of the allocation of available resources.

Kilkenny County Council will provide periodic winter maintenance services on Priority 3 Routes (Green Routes). Such services will only be provided on selected occasions associated with the anticipation of particularly severe weather conditions. Road-users must not assume that pre-salting services have been provided to the Priority 3Network.

Mobilisation and Treatment times are detailed in Table A4.1 below. In the case of Priority 1 and 2 Routes, notification of the intention to commence pre-salting services is required a minimum of five to six hours in advance of the predicted time of ice formation

Table A4.1

Treatment Route	Priority 1	Priority 2	Priority 3
Mobilisation Time	1hr	1hr	2hr
Treatment Time	4hr	4hr	4hr

A5 Winter Maintenance Route Mapping Schedule

The following list in Table A5.1 sets out the drawings which indicate the Priority 1, 2 and 3 Routes for Winter Maintenance. The mapping for Priority 1, 2 and 3 Routes is contained in the Appendices.

Table A5.1 Winter Maintenance Route Mapping Schedule

Drawing No.	Drawing Name	Date	View
KCC-WM-01	Priority 1 & 2 Routes	Sept. 2011	Prority 1 and 2 Routes (1 MB)
KCC-WM-02	Route A1 Central Route	Sept. 2011	Route A1 Central Route (0.65 MB)
KCC-WM-03	Route A2 Central Route	Sept. 2011	Route A2 Central Route (0.69 MB)
KCC-WM-04	Route B Southern Route	Sept. 2011	Route B Southern Route (0.57 MB)
KCC-WM-05	Route C Northern Route	Sept. 2011	Route C Northern Route (0.54 MB)
KCC-WM-06	Route D (Priority 2 - R712, R713 & R448)	Sept. 2011	Route D (Priority 2 - R712, R713 & R448) (0.35 MB)
KCC-WMP3-01	Priority 3 Route Kilkenny Area	Sept. 2011	Priority 3 Route Kilkenny Area (0.6MB)
KCC-WMP3-02	Priority 3 Route Castlecomer Area	October 2011	Priority 3 Route Castlecomer Area (0.7 MB)
KCC-WMP3-03	Priority 3 Route Callan Area	October 2011	Priority 3 Route Callan Area (0.78 MB)
KCC-WMP3-04	Priority 3 Route Newrath Area	October 2011	Priority 3 Routes Newrath Area (0.5 MB)
KCC-WMP3-05	Priority 3 Route Thomastown Area	October 2011	Priority 3 Route Thomastown Area (0.73 MB)

A6 Duty Rosters

The duty rosters for Kilkenny Local Authority staff assigned to the winter service plan are contained in Tables A6.1 and A6.2 below

Table A6.1 Duty Engineers Roster

Duty Engineer	Period
Philippe Beubry	17/10/11 - 30/10/11
Simon Walton	31/10/11 - 13/11/11
Ian Gardner	14/11/11 - 27/11/11
Tony Lauhoff	28/11/11 - 11/12/11
Philippe Beubry	12/12/11 - 18/12/11
Simon Walton	19/12/11 - 25/12/11
Tony Lauhoff	26/12/11 - 1/1/12
Ian Gardner	2/1/12 - 8/1/12
Philippe Beubry	9/1/12 - 15/1/12
Simon Walton	16/1/12 - 22/1/12
Ian Gardner	23/1/12 - 29/1/12
Tony Lauhoff	30/1/12 - 5/2/12
Philippe Beubry	6/2/12 - 12/2/12
Simon Walton	13/2/12 - 19/2/12
Ian Gardner	20/2/12 - 26/2/12
Tony Lauhoff	27/2/12 - 4/3/12
Philippe Beubry	5/3/12 - 18/3/12
Simon Walton	19/3/12 - 1/4/12
Ian Gardner	2/4/12 - 8/4/12
Tony Lauhoff	9/4/12 - 13/4/12

Table A6.2 Drivers and Fitters Roster

Drivers	Fitters	Period
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	17/10/11 – 23/10/11
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Pat Kavanagh/James Fenlon	24/10/11 – 30/10/11
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Jacko Foley/Declan Lawlor	31/10/11 – 6/11/11
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Andy Cleere/Pat Kavanagh	7/11/11 – 13/11/11
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	James Fenlon/Jacko Foley	14/11/11 – 20/11/11
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	21/11/11 – 27/11/11
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Pat Kavanagh/James Fenlon	28/11/11 – 4/12/11
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Jacko Foley/Declan Lawlor	5/12/11 – 11/12/11
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Andy Cleere/Pat Kavanagh	12/12/11 – 18/12/11
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	James Fenlon/Jacko Foley	19/12/11 – 25/12/11
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	26/12/11 – 1/1/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Pat Kavanagh/James Fenlon	2/1/12 – 8/1/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Jacko Foley/Declan Lawlor	9/1/12 – 15/1/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Andy Cleere/Pat Kavanagh	16/1/12 - 22/1/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	James Fenlon/Jacko Foley	23/1/12 – 29/1/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	30/1/12 – 5/2/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Pat Kavanagh/James Fenlon	6/2/12 – 12/2/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Jacko Foley/Declan Lawlor	13/2/12 – 19/2/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Andy Cleere/Pat Kavanagh	20/2/12 – 26/2/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	James Fenlon/Jacko Foley	27/2/12 – 4/3/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	5/3/12 – 11/3/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Pat Kavanagh/James Fenlon	12/3/12 – 18/3/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	Jacko Foley/Declan Lawlor	19/3/12 – 25/3/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Andy Cleere/Pat Kavanagh	26/3/12 – 1/4/12
D. Dooley, B. Dowling, B. Harrison, T. Madigan, M. Reade	James Fenlon/Jacko Foley	2/4/12 – 8/4/12
Ml. Neary, M. Foley, J. Byrne, C. Killian, G. O'Shea	Declan Lawlor/Andy Cleere	9/4/12 – 13/4/12

A8 Decision Matrix

The Duty Engineer will inspect the forecast system daily from approximately 2pm or as soon thereafter as the Met Eireann forecast has been received. The decision matrix normally consists of the following;

Table A8.1 Decision Matrix

Forecast	Pre- Salting
> 1 degree C predicted across the network	No
< 0 degrees C predicted across the network together with moisture/precipitation existing or predicted	Yes, decision made by 3pm and drivers/fitters notified of intent to pre-salt. Target a final instruction to treat at least 5 hours in advance of predicted time of ice formation
< 1 > 0 degrees predicted across the network in conjunction with moisture/precipitation existing or predicted	Monitor regularly from 2pm until sufficient information is to hand for decision. Target a final instruction to treat at least 5 hours in advance of predicted time of ice formation
< 1 > 0 degrees predicted across the network in conjunction with dry conditions, both existing and predicted	Monitor regularly from 2pm until sufficient information is to hand for decision. Target a final instruction to treat at least 5 hours in advance of predicted time of ice formation (should treatment be required)

A9 Treatment Matrix

The following outlines the application rates for pre-salting:

• Pre-salting is provided at a rate of 10g/m2
• At selected sections of pre-salting routes, application rates may be increased to

reflect localised conditions.

A10 Plant, Vehicles and Equipment

For Priority 1 and 2 Routes Kilkenny County Council operates 5 no. demountable salt spreaders which are permanently mounted on trucks for the duration of the winter maintenance season. Kilkenny County Council also has 2 no. demountable salt spreaders which are permanently mounted on trucks to provide extra cover in the event of a breakdown or extreme conditions. Snow ploughs may be deployed in conjunction with each of the five salt spreaders as required.

For Priority 3 Kilkenny County Council also operates 6 no. demountable salt spreaders and 3 no. towed salt spreaders.

Appendix 1 - Priority 1 & Priority 2 Treatment Routes

• Prority 1 and 2 Routes - KCC-WM-01.pdf (size 1 MB)
• Route A1 Central Route - KCC-WM-02.pdf (size 657.6 KB)
• Route A2 Central Route - KCC-WM-03.pdf (size 687 KB)
• Route B Southern Route - KCC-WM-04.pdf (size 572.1 KB)
• Route C Northern Route - KCC-WM-05.pdf (size 535.6 KB)
• Route D (Priority 2 - R712, R713 and R448) - KCC-WM-06.pdf (size 353.4 KB)

Appendix 2 - Priority 3 Treatment Routes

• Priority 3 Route Kilkenny Area - KCC-WMP3-01.pdf (size 609.7 KB)
• Priority 3 Route Castlecomer Area - KCC-WMP3-02.pdf (size 712.2 KB)
• Priority 3 Route Callan Area - KCC-WMP3-03.pdf (size 778.1 KB)
• Priority 3 Routes Newrath Area - KCC-WMP3-04.pdf (size 749.2 KB)
• Priority 3 Route Thomastown Area - KCC-WMP3-05.pdf (size 731.2 KB)