FAQ's: Roads

Can this Council provide salt for me to salt my drive and paths? Yes. Small quantities of salt are available from Roads & Transportation, 71 East Hamilton Street, Greenock. Salt is issued free of charge to the public, provided that you supply a suitable…

Do I require permission to lower the road kerb at my new driveway? Yes. Please write to Head of Roads & Transportation, Vehicle Maintenance Facility, 8 Pottery Street, Greenock PA15 2UH. You may also require planning permission in certain circumstanc…

How can I make a claim for damage or injury caused by public roads/footways? Firstly, please report the defect using the online form.   The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting. Then please…

How can we get a grit bin for our street so that we can salt the road/footway? You can request it using our online form or by telephone. The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting or telephone 01475 …

How do I know if my street is adopted as public and maintained by the Council? The link on this page titled, Public Road Register, will allow you to view roads that have been adopted by Inverclyde Council under the terms of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. If you wish a fo…

How do I report a damaged or missing sign or street nameplate? You can report it using our online form or by telephone. The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting or telephone 01475 &…

How do I report a pothole or other defect on a Council Road? You can report it using our online form or by telephone. The Related links on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, Report a Pothole, will take you to our on-line fault re…

How do I report faded road markings? You can report it using our online form or by telephone. The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting or telephone 01475 &…

How do I request new road markings? You can request it using our online form or by telephone. The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting or telephone 01475 …

How do I request resurfacing of roads/footways? You can request it using our online form or by telephone. The link on this page titled, Report a Roads or Footpaths Fault, will take you to our on-line fault reporting or telephone 01475 …

The road/footway outside my house has not been gritted. What can I do? Footways are gritted in priority order only when there is extensive icing/frost or heavy snowfall. The link on this page, titled Footway, will allow you to view footway priority gritting route…

To whom should I report a missing water toby lid? All missing or damaged ironwork in roads and footways should be reported to us at Environmental & Commercial Services and we shall then inform the relevant statutory undertaker (eg Scottis…

What are the trunk roads within the Inverclyde area? There are two trunk roads within the Inverclyde Council area - the A8 from Inverclyde Boundary at Port Glasgow to Bullring Roundabout, Greenock and the A78 from Inverclyde Boundary at Wemyss B…