Artwork for gritter named in memory of former Tamworth boy who died of cancer resident revealed

Warwickshire County Council has released the artwork for one of its new fleet of gritters that has been named in memory of a of Tamworth boy who lost his life to cancer.

The gritter now named 'Charlie Boy' is named in memory of Charlie Round, a little boy from Tamworth who sadly lost his battle with a rare form of childhood cancer in 2017.

Charlie is remembered as a little boy who, despite facing incredible adversity, lit the world around him with an amazing smile and outlook.

The gritter bearing this name will serve the area where Charlie and his family lived.

Charlie Boy is one of seven new gritters unveiled by WCC.

Other names chosen were:

- Usain Salt

- Gritta Thunberg

- The Mighty Thaw

- Grey13 Hero

Having chosen the names, Warwickshire County Council has now released the bespoke artwork for each machine.

All seven designs can be found by following this link.

Every time weather requires gritting, the Warwickshire County Council gritting fleet treats approximately 1,100 miles of carriageway over 29 different routes. The average number of times that there is a requirement to treat roads is approximately 60 per year, so it is in the region of 66,000 miles per annum travelled by Warwickshire gritters. That's around three times round the entire planet!

The county holds around 14,000 Tonnes of salt in stock across five depots at the start of winter and in an average winter it will get through around 12,000 tonnes. Salt stocks are kept topped up in case of prolonged spells of cold and icy weather.