The York Council is planning to remove little Green Lane from its winter gritting schedules.

The section of road affected leads from the roundabout to the entrance to Hob Moor School. It is extensively used by specialist buses taking special needs children to the school.

Although on the schedule, gritters struggled to keep the access open during the severe weather conditions encountered in 2010.

Now local residents are collecting a petition aimed at restoring the street to the de –icing schedules. They also hope to persuade the Council not to reduce the number of salt bins in the area.

2 years ago the Council moved to prevent local ward committees from establishing and maintaining local salt bin networks.

Elsewhere in the local neighbourhood, residents are also planning protests about the virtual elimination of local roads from the de-icing rota. The whole of the Kingsway West and Stuart Road estates will not be on the primary salting routes in future despite many of the roads being bus routes.

Residents point to the £75,000 a year being spent on advertising the City at Leeds Bradford airport as one source of funding for what most regard as a basic safety requirement.

Residents have until next Monday (16th) to complete a Council on line survey although this does not include a status quo option.

A decision on the gritting routes is likely to be made at a meeting taking place on 9th October at which residents hope to hand in their petition.

NB. In the same area problems with litter drift near the shops have been reported to the Council. The Council has also been asked to intervene to ensure that the owners fill in a large pothole on the (private) shops forecourt which represents a hazard for pedestrians.