Snow joke! Gritter name fame awaits - will your creation join Spready Mercury, For Your Ice Only and Mr Plow on Scotland’s road network?
Scotland’s fun gritter names have delighted people across the world for years with their creativity - and now’s your chance to add your own to the list!
Amey, which maintains a number of trunk roads in the north-east of Scotland - including the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen - has launched a competition calling on the public to submit more inventive winter themed names for their north east Scotland fleet.
Amey’s north-east winter service, which is delivered on behalf of Transport Scotland, covers 593km of trunk road, from Dunfermline up to Inverness.
The public appeal is now live and family-friendly online entries are now open. You have until 5pm on Friday, December 20 to add your creation to the likes of Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, For Your Ice Only, and Spready Mercury on Scotland’s road network.
Winning names from last year that are out on the trunk roads as part of the 2024/25 winter service include Ploos Yer Doos, Ready Salted, The Gritmas Chronicles, Hansel and Grit-all, Salta Claus and Oor Gritty.
To enter the Name A Gritter competition members of the public can submit their family-friendly suggestions to Amey via the online form here.
The form requires your name and the name of a parent or guardian if you are under 18, your contact phone number and/or email address, and your suggested gritter name, which should be no more than four words or 25 characters.
There is no entry fee and multiple entries are accepted. A parent, guardian or teacher can enter on behalf of a child under 18. The winning name will be displayed on a gritter based at an Amey depot closest to the location of the winning entrant, so the winner should be able to spot their gritter out and about on roads closest to them.
Gritter name reveals will take place on the @NETrunkRoads Facebook and Twitter channels and will appear live on the Traffic Scotland Gritter Tracker.
To report a problem on the network visit https://netrunkroads.scot/report-a-problem/.
Real-time journey information can be obtained by visiting www.trafficscotland.org or via Twitter at @TrafficScotland.
