When wintry conditions put road safety at risk, a solution developed and managed by Civica helps National Highways take the right action. In wintry weather we take it for granted that the gritters will go out and make the motorways and trunk roads safe to drive. But how many of us stop and think about how the winter maintenance teams know when to send the gritters out, how much salt to load up, and which routes need gritting? Keeping drivers on the move All decisions are based on data about weather conditions, road surface temperatures and other meteorological parameters. National Highways, which operates England's strategic road network gritter fleet, uses a solution developed and managed by Civica to manage 535 specialist vehicles, 1,300 drivers, 127 depots, and 280,000

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