The reduction complicated traffic in Central Bohemia, and Prague is also reporting problems
A layer of snow lay on the roads in the morning, and the ride was hampered by poor visibility. In the morning, remnants of slush remained on the roads after the chemical treatment. Some suburban buses had problems due to the weather. “On suburban lines, due to impassability, some stops are delayed and operationally canceled. In the Mělník area, it expects no delays on bus lines in the order of tens of minutes,” Prague Integrated Transport said on Twitter.
⚠ Irregularities occur due to traffic complications in the entire PID network.
⚠ On suburban lines, due to impassability, some stops are delayed and operationally canceled.
⚠ In the Mělník area, a delay of tens of minutes is expected on bus lines. pic.twitter.com/9xffhtaPG2– PID (@PIDoficialni) December 4, 2021
Police spokeswoman Michaela Richterová said that police officers in the Central Bohemian Region recorded approximately 30 to 40 traffic accidents from 7:00 to 10:00. “Mostly it was uninjured or slightly injured,” she said. According to her, the cars usually skidded and ended up in ditches or collided with other vehicles. “But I haven’t reported any serious injuries or anything,” Richter added.
Some passenger trains arrive. Another major wave of cuts is not coming now
Reductions or snow showers were also reported in the morning on the main routes, including motorways, for example on the Prague ring road or on the D5 motorway, there were remnants of snow after chemical treatment. The layer of new snow was cleared by road workers on roads I / 9 and I / 16 in the Mělník region. In the morning, the slush fell after a chemical treatment, for example, on the D8 motorway.
At night, the regional road workers drove mainly in the Kutná Hora region. They have centers in Kladno, Benešov, Kutná Hora and Mnichov Hradiště in the Mladá Boleslav region. For example, the center in Kutná Hora had 40 departures at night and the center in Benešov 11, said Petra Kučerová, a spokeswoman for the regional administration and road maintenance. In the morning, road users had 124 winter maintenance cars in the field. “The road in the Benešov area cleans 29 cars, in the Kladno area 39, in the Mnichovo Hradiště 25 area in the Kutná Hora area. Each car provides one circuit,” the spokeswoman said. In total, the regional road workers have over 160 spreaders and 70 tractors at their disposal.
Temperatures in the region ranged from minus three to minus six degrees Celsius in the morning, with increasing clouds and a light breeze.
