Roads In Somerset

EDM number 732 in 2008-09, proposed by David Laws on 09/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Roads.

That this House notes that in early February 2009 Somerset experienced its heaviest snowfalls for 27 years; congratulates the staff of Somerset County Council Highways Department and its contractors WS Atkins, on their efforts to keep open as much of the road network in Somerset as viable; further notes that from 1 February 2009 to 9 February 2009 around 3,500 tonnes of salt were used in Somerset to treat and re-treat some 40,000 kilometres of roads, which is the approximate circumference of the earth; welcomes Somerset County Council's recent £1 million investment in new winter service equipment; and thanks all the staff in Somerset and across the United Kingdom who have worked hard and in difficult conditions to keep roads and footpaths safe.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.