Warwickshire County Council has released the artwork for one of its new fleet of gritters that has been named in memory of a former Cubbington resident.

The gritter now named 'Grey13 Hero' is dedicated to the memory of former Cubbington man Jack Mitchell (John Arthur Mitchell). The name was put forward by his daughter, Alison Mitchell, when the public were asked to submit names for the new gritter fleet.

Jack worked for Warwickshire County Council for over 50 years, including on the county's gritting fleet at a time the service was carried out by shovelling the grit off the back of a truck as it went along Warwickshire's essential routes.

Grey13 was Jack's call sign from his time working on the gritters.

The gritter bearing his name will serve the area of Cubbington where Jack lived.

Grey13 Hero 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.