At night, it can freeze: Ulyanovsk road equipment goes to winter mode

From the next weekend, road vehicles in Ulyanovsk will begin to be on duty at night. This decision is due to the expected cooling to zero and negative temperatures at which ice may appear on the roadway.

Particular attention during night shifts will be paid to potentially complex areas. Among them, the entrance to the Presidential Bridge, the climbs on the Seldinskoye Highway and the May Mountain.

By the winter regime, more than 20% of the Dorremstroy equipment has already been converted. The vehicles are equipped with satellite navigation. In the cold season, combined road cars, loaders, graders, tractors and snow plows will take to the streets.

In parallel, a stock of anti-icing materials is formed. Now harvested 15 thousand tons of sandsalt mixture – half of the required volume, as well as 125 tons of solid reagent. In addition, it is planned to purchase 3 thousand tons of technical salt.

To strengthen its own fleet, contracts have been concluded for renting cars for street cleaning and snow removal. Additional equipment will be used in the suburban zone in order to maintain the transport accessibility of settlements in winter.

Electric transport is also prepared for the cold. Snow removal equipment based on tram cars and tractors is prepared by 85%. To clean the tram stops, it is planned to attract about 20 janitors, and the supply of technical salt for processing sites is still 30% of the required volume.