Havering Council joined Marlborough Highways at Scotts Primary School last week (15 January 2025), to announce the names of four new gritting lorries.
Pupils at the Hornchurch School won the competition set by Marlborough Highways, who are the Council’s contractors for highways and street lighting services.
After much deliberation, the winners were chosen as:
- Snowflake (Kiera, Year 2),
- Snow Blast (Blossom, Year 6) ,
- Snow Safe (Elyssa, Year 6)
- Snowflare (Jiyaan, Year 6).
Havering’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Barry Mugglestone and Councillor Oscar Ford, Havering’s Cabinet Member for Schools, joined Marlborough staff and pupils last Friday, to take a look at the new lorries.
The pupils got to take a look around the vehicles and hear first-hand of what they and the gritting crews do.
They also learned how the crews and the trucks play a part in keeping the borough’s roads safer in icy and snowy weather during these winter months.
Councillor Barry Mugglestone, Havering’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said:
“I would like to congratulate the pupils at Scotts Primary School for coming up with such fantastic names for the gritter lorries.
"It was good to get a look at the vehicles too and they will be a great addition to the fleet for our crews to use.
“I would also like to thank our gritting crews and winter roads maintenance teams for their hard work.
“Across these winter months, including over Christmas, when the road temperatures dropped and there was a high risk of icy roads, they have been going out regularly.
“They have been gritting main routes around the borough, in the evening and sometimes in the early hours, to help make sure everyone, from residents to emergency services, to our waste trucks and public transport, can all get around safely.”
Alongside road and pavement improvements and street lighting, Malborough also carry out road marking and traffic management services on behalf of the Council.