Winter road maintenance and gritting

You can use the form below to let us know if a bin is empty, missing, damaged or if there is another problem with it.

Every grit bin is filled prior to the start of the winter maintenance period on 1 October. After that, if your grit bin is empty, you can report it to us, and we will refill it for you.

Requesting a grit bin

We undertake a yearly review of our grit bin locations to determine whether they are placed effectively to meet demand.

We do not supply additional grit bins on the network. However, we can consider relocating grit bins to sites which are not within 200 metres of an existing grit bin, or on any road that forms part of the priority 1 or 2 precautionary gritting routes.

Grit bins will only be relocated if the site you are recommending meets 2 or more of the following criteria:

• the road has a drainage problem
• the road has a steep gradient of 1 in 10 (10%)
• there is a bad bend that has a radius of less than 50 metres
• is on a junction
• the road has a main entrance to sheltered housing
• the road has a main entrance to a school
• is in an isolated area
• traffic signals are close (within 20m)
• a roundabout is close (within 20m) 
  

Requests for grit bin relocations will be assessed by the Streets Ahead team at the end of the winter season, with priority given to the highest scoring sites.

If you would like to request a grit bin relocation, please email us at streetsahead@sheffield.gov.uk with 'Grit bin relocation' as the subject line, and giving as much detail as possible about the location you are suggesting.