Almost the opposite.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:51 pm I suspect a lot of it is due to budgets. If they don't use all the salt they've been allocated, next year they get less.
IIRC A few years back, councils didn't do enough gritting/ salting, got grief for it. For subsequent winters they increased stock.
And since then they've been spreading at a hint of frost.
Damned if they do, damned ...