Last week, St. Petersburg faced its first real winter test – a massive snowfall hit the city. A total of 16 cm of precipitation has fallen since the beginning of the cold period, with 5 to 7 cm falling on one day—November 23.
Utility workers prepared in advance for the raging of the elements: they organized shifts of people and equipment, and then the services switched to an enhanced operating mode.
As the city Improvement Committee explained, the work was carried out according to a clearly defined algorithm: the primary task was to remove snow from the streets and sidewalks, carry out anti-icing measures to ensure the safety of the movement of citizens and vehicles, then the snow banks formed in the chute strips were gradually removed for disposal
In just a week, 22 thousand cubic meters of snow masses were collected from the highways of the Northern capital, as well as almost 1 thousand cubic meters of garbage and more than 500 tons of solid municipal waste.
In conditions of ongoing blizzards and snowfall, cleaning the city does not stop: wipers and municipal equipment are working, de-icing treatment is being carried out. As the committee explained, 903 road service employees and 777 pieces of equipment came out to clean up. Particular attention was instructed to be paid to the condition of sidewalks, approaches to socially significant objects of embankments, bridges, overpasses, and pedestrian crossings.
You can leave a request or comment regarding the work of public utilities around the clock by phone. 314-60-13, as well as by hotline numbers. In addition, you can use the portal “Public Services We Solve Together.”
Source: Rosbalt
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