The signatures of over 300 residents and parents living in Mount have succeeded in getting Kirklees Council to add Moorlands Road to its priority gritting route.

Inclusion on the route means that Moorlands Road will now be among the first local authority roads that are visited by council’s gritters during spells of wintry weathers.

The petition was organised by Cllr Cahal Burke in response to complaints from local residents and was submitted to Kirklees Council in February this year.

Cllr Burke has just received confirmation from Officers that Moorlands will be gritted as a priority this winter.

Moorlands Road is home to Moorlands Primary School.

Cllr Burke (Lib Dem, Lindley) said:
“Local parents, residents and the school made it very clear that Moorlands Road needed to be gritted as a priority. It’s a busy stretch of road, linking two busy main roads, with houses and a school and as you can imagine there’s lots of activity especially early and late in the day. In the past we have had issues with parents not being able to bring their kids in safely and residents not being able to get out to work and to the shops because of cars stranded in the road. I am very pleased the council has listened and agreed to meet the needs of our community here in Mount.”