Guidance

Strategic salt protocol

The arrangements for allocating salt to local authorities from the emergency salt reserve, and the work they need to do to prepare for winter.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 30 October 2012
• Last updated: 15 November 2021
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  1. 15 November 2021

     Updated guidance and letter for winter 2021 to 2022.

  2. 30 October 2020

     Updated guidance and letter for winter 2020 to 2021.

  3. 6 December 2018

     Note and letter updated for 2018 to 2019

  4. 29 November 2016

     Salt protocol and letter to local highway authorities for winter 2016 to 2017.

  5. 29 October 2015

     Published the salt protocol and letter to local highway authorities for winter 2015 to 2016.

  6. 28 November 2014

     Added Robert Goodwill's winter letter.

  7. 7 November 2013

     Salt protocol document updated for 2013.

  8. 30 October 2012

     First published.

Documents

National emergency salt reserve: salt protocol note for local highway authorities in England

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Winter resilience and planning 2021 to 2022 letter

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Details

The strategic salt protocol sets out arrangements for the allocation of salt from the emergency reserve, if and when required, including the price of salt.

The letter from Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Transport Minister for Roads, is addressed to the leaders of all local highways authorities in England. The letter forms part of the communication recommended by the Quarmby report and welcomes the action being taken by local authorities in preparing for winter 2021 to 2022.

Also being published is Identifying lessons learned by UK highway sector from extreme-weather emergencies (2015 to 2020), an independent report commissioned by the Department for Transport and the Local Government Technical Advisers Group.