Sticky grit........Cumbria

[Smiler400]

Highways chiefs have said they will try out sticky rock salt as part of their work to keep roads in Cumbria open during the winter.

The trial will involve adding molasses to the salt which should make it stick to roads for longer and cut the number of times they need to be treated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8168788.stm

Do they not realise that it will stick to tyres, footwear, everything :?

You couldn`t make it up could you? :? :? :?

 

[Tarka]

That mix has been used around here over the years.

And what a nasty, sticky ,gloopy shite it is.

Makes a right royal mess of bare ally....corrosive as feck.

 

[wee shuggie]

didn,t they use it in N. Wales last year ??....then found the effin sheep were all over the roads eating the stuff????

 

[GSPilot]

didn,t they use it in N. Wales last year ??....then found the effin sheep were all over the roads eating the stuff????

Should be ok in Cumbria then, not like there are many sheep in Cumbria is it ?????????????????????