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by mynegation 2301 days ago
Hailing from Canada - does not look like nearly enough, probably because Scotland has relatively mild climate.

The road network is very dense and branched out. Also, it takes several snow plowing machines going in formation to clean major multi lane highway. Timing is also important- you want the road cleaned as soon as possible not several days later, especially if wet snow freezes into ice.