Maintenance manager at DOI responds to criticism
The man whose job it is to coordinate efforts to keep the Island's roads safe says there's a clear priority scale when tackling adverse weather conditions.
Gritting teams were subject to some public criticism on social media yesterday, after a through-the-night scramble to prepare major highways for the morning traffic.
Alan Hardinge is Maintenance Manager at the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure.

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