From repairs to the first snow drift: how to prepare the roads in the Leningrad region for winter.
The first snow has already been recorded in the Leningrad region: on November 3, it was noticed in the Vasvolozhesky and Priozharsky districts, and 5 snowflakes were recorded in the Nizhne-Svirsky nature reserve. So far - just the first news of the winter, but it's time for road workers to prepare for more.
According to forecaster Alexander Kolsov, by the middle of the week the cyclone will bring cold temperatures, rain, sleet and snow to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. As early as the evening of November 11, different types of precipitation are expected.
What repairs have been completed ahead of the cold weather and how regional roads will cope with snow and ice was analyzed by Online47.
What time did you have before the cold weather?
Until the first snow, several repairs were completed in the area, on which the residents' daily commute depends. As the road affairs commission told Online47, in the Vyborg region, about 25 kilometers of the Primorskoy highway - Zelenogorsk - Primorsk - Vyborg highway were renewed. Almost eight more kilometers were arranged on the Galvichevo-Malishevo-Pribilvo road. Both sections are important for trips to Ermilovskaia School.
The Primorskoya road connects Ermilovo, Luzhki, Ozarky and Baltyskoy, and the adjacent road connects Glebichevo, Ermilovo and Pribilovo. According to the data of the Roads Committee, the volume of traffic in the direction of Galbichevo - Malishevo - Pribilovo is approximately 1.2 thousand cars per day.
In the Loga area, a major renovation of the bridge over the grandfather in Osmino was completed. A ten meter wide road, a separate sidewalk and lighting were installed at the crossing. The bridge is located on the road connecting Tolmachevo with the federal highway A-180 Nerva.
"The road season in the Leningrad region is coming to an end. Contractors are completing repair work on regional highways, arranging the last facilities of this year," said the press secretary of the commission Alexander Chernyshev.
Where the renovations are still going on.
Not in all areas the equipment has already left the road.