Punning Kings and Queens from Lancashire have come up with ten names for new gritters on the streets of the city and beyond.
Lancashire County Council has revealed the winners of the Name-a-gritter competition.
Cabinet member for highways and transport county councillor Warren Goldsworthy picked the winners alongside his transport chief Matt Townsend who is director of highways and transport.
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The winning entries chosen by the Reform-led authority are:
- Ctrl-Salt-Delete
- Walter the Salter
- Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
- I Skid You Not
- Professor Dumblethaw
- Gritzilla
- Ready Salted
- SnOasis
- Taylor Drift
- The Greatest Snowman
County councillor Goldsworthy said: “Once again people in Lancashire have shown their boundless creativity and come up with some brilliant names for our new gritters.
“We had a great response to the competition – thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a suggestion. I look forward to seeing these new personalities helping to keep our roads safe as the weather turns colder.
“The gritters are among our hardest-working vehicles – investing in their upkeep, and replacing them when we need to, is vital to make sure we can reliably deliver this vital service.”
The new vehicles make up the now 45-strong vehicle fleet which treat 1,700 miles of priority routes across Lancashire when winter arrives.
Mr Townsend said: “Our highways team is as well prepared as they can be for the winter but there are limits to our resources. I’d ask everyone to please think about what you need to do to make sure you’re also able to cope if we get a prolonged spell of severe weather.
“It may be simply checking you’ve got some basics such as an ice scraper, sunglasses and warm clothing in your car, or buying grit for the paths around your property.”
The names below are who the new gritters are already joining
- Albert Icestein
- Aunty Freeze
- Grittersaurus
- Basil Salty
- Bobby Snowball
- Captain Snow
- Cool Grittania
- Freddie Frostoff
- Freezy Rider
- Gritter Garbo
- Ice Buster, Margritt
- Melton John
- Penelope Gritstop
- True Gritter
- Sir David Attenbrrrrgh
- Snow Be Gone Kenobi
- Snowella De Ville
- The Winter Sprinter
- Wall-ice and Gromit
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