Gritting lorries ready to roll with new names
ALEXANDER The Gritt, Britta, Icy, Sandie Streets and Gritty are all ready to roll to keep the roads of North East Lincolnshire clear over winter – complete with new names bestowed on them by children from schools in the borough.
The winners were presented with prizes as part of a competition held by North East Lincolnshire Council's development services regeneration partnership.
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prize pupils: From left, Harley Lond with Sandie Streets, Heather Griffin with Alexander The Gritt, Isabella Stylianou with Gritty, Jessica Patterson with Britta and Amy Broughton with Icy. Rear are Mark Scarr, deputy head of highways and transport at Balfour Beatty, and Councillor Peter Wheatley. Buy this photo at www.thisisphotosales.co.uk/grimsby
Earlier this year, staff visited local schools with one of the gritting machines to give the children experience of being close to the vehicle.
They learnt about the dangers of these large, heavy vehicles – such as blindspots to all sides, moving parts that could cause injury, and the dangers of playing around the lorries.
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The school children named the vehicle by composing a small poem and colouring in a picture of the gritter.
An iPod Touch was presented to Heather Griffin, 9, Of Stallingborough CofE Primary School, as the overall winner with the name Alexander The Gritt.
Vouchers to the value of £25 were given to runners-up.
Councillor Peter Wheatley, NELC portfolio holder for regeneration and environment, said: "We have launched this year's winter maintenance plan and this competition is an excellent way to give children an insight into the dangers these types of vehicles could cause, especially in bad driving conditions."
For further information, visit www.nelincs.gov.uk/winterservice
Comments
by porcelainblak
Wednesday, November 28 2012, 6:22AM
“Not difficult to see the logic behind the naming - there's already a Fat Controller so maybe one of them should've been called Thomas . . .”
by casiofx85gt
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 2:26PM
“How about naming one Gary Gritter?”
by BENDITLIKE
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 10:47AM
“N E Lincs Council - We love wasting taxpayers money!”
by davendogs
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 1:36AM
“No disrespect to the kiddies but come on council, a stunt or what. Never mind gimmicky names or roping a teddybear to the front grill, sticking a little chritmas tree in the cab window. Lets see action. Main roads generally look after themselves, shear volume of traffic helps keep them passable. It's the off shoots, side streets that require attention. I recall the fanfare of those super duper jet washers purchased. Then you found you didn't have anyone qualified to use them. Likewise that little truck, quaintly named Fido. Seems Fido has done a runner, never seen or heard of since.”