Gritting, salt and winter services

Cold weather advice

Help and advice including keeping healthy over winter, travelling, getting your home ready and more.

View cold weather advice
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Gritting routes and salt updates

We've 3 planned gritting routes. Each route normally takes 4 hours and covers 197 miles of road.

View our gritting routes
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Power cuts

If you have particular needs, for example medical equipment and young children, you can sign up for the Electricity North West free extra care register for them to help you keep safe and comfortable until the power is back on.

Register for extra care or report a power cut in your area
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Warm Welcome Spaces

Warm Welcome Spaces in the borough of Rochdale are places where local people can gather for free in a warm, safe, welcoming place and enjoy a free drink, activities and access to other services.

Find Warm Welcome Spaces
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Decision making

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    Policies, strategies and reviews

    We use policy and strategy documents to guide our decisions. We also use them to develop and run our services fairly and consistently.

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    Councillors and committees

    Councillors are responsible for agreeing provision of services and how the council's money is spent.