South Moravian road workers also have ice cutters. More money will be spent on diesel this year
In the winter, driver Martin Hemza from Moravské Žižkov in the Břeclav region pays more attention to road traffic. But he admits that he has respect for other drivers all year round. “I’m not afraid of what I’ll do behind the wheel, but what others will do,” he said.
Employees of the regional administration and roads providing maintenance of 3,800 kilometers of second and third class roads as well as 423 kilometers of first class maintenance in winter. “A total of 102 dump trucks leave. We also have two special ice cutters. They are intended for the removal of covered layers of snow on inertly maintained, ie sand or crushed, road sections, “said Roman Hanák, director of regional road workers.
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From the beginning of November, they had nineteen thousand tons of salt and twenty-four and a half thousand tons of sand and gravel in their warehouses. If necessary, the sanding materials are gradually supplemented. “For example, last season was significantly more demanding than previous winters, there were more and more problems were also freezing ml iceberg,” Hanák said.
Jan Klištinec, the operations director of Brno Roads, also confirmed the higher frequency of departures last winter. “It simply came to our notice then. The current situation on commodity markets will also affect the cost of winter road maintenance. There is a constant increase in fuel costs and the cost of sanding materials, “he said.
MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES
Road management and maintenance:
material: about 19,000 tons of salt, 24,500 tons of inert material (sand, gravel)
equipment: 102 spreaders, 2 ice cutters
Brno roads:
material: 10,500 tons of salt ·
equipment: 21 spreading wagons with blades + 3 spare
Directorate of Roads and Motorways:
material: 1,617 tons of salt in Chrlice alone
A total of 450 road workers in Brno have kilometers of roads in Brno and the surrounding area. There are ten and a half thousand tons of sanding salt in the warehouse. Replenish supplies there as well.
According to director Hanák, the increased price of fuel is drawing more money from the budget for regional road workers as well. “We have energy supplies contracted, prices are higher than in previous years,” he added.
Highway maintenance in southern Moravia is provided by four Highway Administration and Maintenance Centers. “At the beginning of the season, 1,617 tons of salt were stored in Chrlice in Brno,” said Lucie Trubelíková, a spokeswoman for state road workers.
They are also preparing for a possible outage of employees due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation. For example, by dividing employees into shifts so that they do not meet each other.
Meteorologists in southern Moravia are forecasting snowfall this weekend as well. “It will be mostly cloudy on Sundays. From the south, the whole rain with snow or snow will gradually appear on the territory, “said Jitka Kučerová from the Brno branch of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute on Friday.