Preparation for winter maintenance in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian regions

From the first of November each year, the winter maintenance of highways and Class I roads officially begins. Outdoor temperatures remain above zero for now, but signs of winter have appeared locally, activating the dispatchers of the ŘSD CR and contracted companies. Inspection drives have already taken place this year, while the plows have not yet been deployed.

Winter maintenance of the ŘSD ČR in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian regions crosses the regional borders in accordance with the determined routes of the technical scope, the marked spreader sections do not end at the administrative borders. The maintenance of highways D1, D46 and parts of D35 and D48 in the aforementioned regions is carried out by the highway administration and maintenance centers (SSÚD) Ivanovice na Hané, SSÚD Kocourovec, SSÚD Mankovice and SSÚD Ostrava. These centers of the ŘSD CR have more than 23,000 tons of salt available for this year’s winter maintenance, usually purchased in the summer at a lower price. In addition to full warehouses, SSÚD parks 46 spreaders with plows, 12 loaders and 4 snow blowers.

Maintenance of Class I roads and the remaining sections of highways is traditionally provided by contractors. Within the Moravian-Silesian region, 42 spreaders with a blade, 10 loaders, 4 snow blowers, 4 arrow plows, 10 tractors with a blade and an ice cutter are ready. The equipped machines are complemented by a stock of 16,150 tons of salt and 4,700 tons of inert spreading material. For the Olomouc region, 21 spreaders with a blade, 6 loaders, 4 snowblowers, 4 arrow plows and 2 tractors with a blade are on alert. The contracted companies have 6,000 tons of salt and 100 tons of inert sprinkling material at their disposal.