Snow in Prague: Dozens of spreaders hit the streets, the roads are wet
Roads and sidewalks are cleaned in several so-called orders, when the spreaders and plows will run on the main trails and the most important roads and sidewalks in the first, especially in the vicinity of offices, hospitals, schools or railway stations and metro stations. It must be cleaned within two hours of departure. The first departure was announced on Thursday at 21:00.
Finally, at 22:00, the spreaders took to the streets in the second and third order, cleaning up the remaining lower-class roads. “The trip has not been completed yet. Two local interventions were also carried out in the administrative districts of Prague 4 and 16, “ added Lišková. A total of 73 spreaders drove off.
Prague has about 841 million CZK ready for the current winter maintenance of roads, which is roughly the same. There are 73 spreaders for the first order and another 51 cleaning machines for the second and third order. After completing the primary task, the spreaders can also be used on other roads.
According to the document, TSK manages 1,383 kilometers of roads in the first order, including reserved lanes for buses, another 500 kilometers in the second and 313 kilometers in the third order. It also takes care of 548 hectares of so-called non-motorized roads, ie sidewalks.
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