Winter service in East Frisia: Ready for snow and smoothness!

Winter service in East Frisia: Ready for snow and smoothness!

Ostfriesland, Deutschland - Winter has a firm grip on East Frisia! With temperatures near freezing and first snowfalls, the roadmasters are ready to start winter service. The salt bearings are filled, and the men and women of the master's libraries in Aurich, Jever, Leer and Wittmund have been on standby since October 1st to react as quickly as possible to smooth roads.

The responsible teams monitor an impressive road network of several hundred kilometers consisting of federal, state and district roads. "Regular maintenance of the vehicles is crucial to avoid technical breakdowns," explains the state authority for road construction and traffic in Aurich. However, winter service will not be active every day; The operations depend heavily on the weather conditions. As soon as the temperatures fall below four degrees Celsius, winter service is activated, and if the smoothness is impending, there is even a preventive spread on the evening before.

Efficient scattering techniques

per square meter is scattered ten to twelve grams of salt on the streets, mainly sodium chloride, which is also known as table salt. With extreme minus degrees, special additives such as calcium chloride are used to ensure effectiveness. In order to protect the environment, winter service relies on innovative moisture salt scattering, which enables salt savings of up to 40 percent and improves the effect of the road salt. The emergency vehicles are on the road with about 40 kilometers per hour, while the speed is reduced to 30 kilometers per hour when the snow rooms.

The objective of the state authority is clear: the streets should be accessible between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The most important federal and country roads should be scattered within two hours after the start of winter service. Main roads that lead to cities have priority. The goal remains to have cleared all streets until 6 a.m. to ensure security on the streets.