Scottish Local Authority Gritting Routes for Roads and Footpaths

Gritting Routes - Scotland is a national line-format dataset aggregating winter road and footpath maintenance routes from local authorities. The dataset, managed by the Scottish Government via SpatialData.gov.scot, excludes trunk roads maintained by private contractors. It was last updated on 2026-05-01.

Use Cases

• Optimizing winter maintenance resource allocation based on designated gritting route networks.
• Modeling pedestrian and vehicle accessibility during winter weather based on footpath and road gritting layers.
• Analyzing local authority service coverage and gaps based on the aggregation of line datasets.
• Planning for future data integration and accuracy improvements based on the planned use of the Street Gazetteer.

Strengths

• Data is structured as a national geospatial dataset, aggregating information from multiple local authorities.
• Contains separate layers for road gritting and footpath gritting, allowing for differentiated analysis.
• Explicitly excludes trunk roads maintained by private companies, clarifying the dataset's scope.

Limitations

• Some local authority data is collected as polygons and requires future conversion to line format, indicating potential format inconsistencies.
• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset's completeness is contingent on future integration with the Street Gazetteer for improved accuracy.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Collection Method

Aggregated from line datasets created by individual Scottish local authorities.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 10:02:56.608213; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland