 Two new designs will be seen on Sheffield’s gritting lorries this winter, after Streets Ahead hosted an art competition for primary school children across the city.
The competition launched at the beginning of November and encouraged children to showcase their artistic talents by creating designs for two of the city’s gritting lorries, which form part of the fleet helping to keep Sheffield safe during winter.
‘Sammy Snow’ and ‘Gertie Gritter’ were both in need of a new coat and Streets Ahead asked for some eye-catching entries from budding young local artists to help spruce them up.
The winning designs were selected from over 100 entries and were created by six year old Leo Twigg from Ridgeway Primary School and eleven year old Freya Siddiqui from Hallam Primary School.
Streets Ahead is urging residents across the city to increase their awareness, patience and respect for its workforce along with Veolia, the Council’s Waste Management contractor.
With a range of roadworks taking place across the city to improve Sheffield's roads and street scene, there can inevitably be delays due to road and lane closures. Whilst this can be frustrating, these measures are in place to protect the safety of the public as well as the workers who are carrying out an essential job.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t deter some motorists from ignoring road closures and stationary vehicles, often mounting the pavement to try to get through, regardless of the dangers posed to themselves and others.
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