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A repeat of the December troubles loomed over the Crimea route: “Heavy snowfall significantly impeded the movement of trucks in the Tula region in both directions,” Interfax reported on January 17 at 21.05 … Pay attention to the time of the news release. And here are the details of the events.
By the time the message arrived, it had been snowing for several hours. Forecasters warned about this attack end-to-end, at 17.10: wait for the start at 17.30. Heavy clouds "arrived" on time! But to prepare for the rebuff in 20 minutes was impossible. Moreover, this was a double surprise: according to preliminary forecasts, the epicenter of the onset of bad weather was to fall several hundred kilometers to the south - on the Belgorod region.
The local road workers remembered why the Rossiya highway stopped in December: skidding trucks could not climb, a minor accident occurred, hundreds of cars "ran into" it, then thousands of cars … The same is now ripe on the 174th and 194 kilometers of the "Crimea" when the operators, local traffic police and the Ministry of Emergencies got there.
Roman Starovoit, Rosavtodor 2
The decision was made by Viktor Yushin, an employee of the road department, and Gennady Ostapov, commander of the traffic police battalion: to stop all heavy trucks in front of lifts on the side of the road so that road equipment could drive to problem areas. The command “stop, car” was given in both difficult areas. In addition to more than two dozen snow blowers, the road workers drove two graders to tow trucks, and two more emergency firefighters arrived at two Ural firefighters.
Snow cork
The country watched the giant traffic jam near Tver in early December, everyone knew whose “heads flew” after analyzing the causes of the congestion … And again, snowfall in January. Why now, under the same conditions, collapse has not arisen, and who is “to blame” for this? The country watched the giant traffic jam near Tver in early December, everyone knew whose “heads flew” after analyzing the causes of the congestion … And again, snowfall in January. Why now, under the same conditions, collapse has not arisen, and who is “to blame” for this?
At 21.55. that evening, Interfax came out with a message entitled: “Traffic on the Crimea highway in the Tula Region has been restored.”
Heavy snowfall lasted until the morning, so we had to suspend the wagons a few more times. “The delays lasted for half an hour,” said S. Nedyalkov, head of the Moscow-Kharkiv motorway, to the editors of Za rulyom. RF. But they escaped more trouble.
“But I won’t go there …”
From January 17 to January 20, heavy snowfall attacked several regions of the country at once. Have all of the highways managed to keep moving, have there been a repeat of the Tver collapse?
“Extraordinary situations developed in two more places: on large and small concrete bypass roads in the suburbs of Moscow and on the Gorky-Ryazan railroad,” commented Igor Astakhov, head of the department for the operation and safety of roads of Rosavtodor.
Igor Astakhov, Rosavtodor 4
Igor Astakhov, Rosavtodor Igor Astakhov, Rosavtodor
- Congestion arose, the reasons are the same. The drivers of heavy trucks, fearing that they could not climb the slopes on bad tires, stopped. However, not on the sidelines, but on the lanes. Because the curbs were already littered with snow removed from the roadway. However, road cars helped heavy loads to cross the rubicons of hillocks. The traffic jams lasted up to 20-30 minutes … As in Tula history, in each case, the ingenuity and independent decisions of those who worked in the field helped out. This is the principle approach of Rosavtodor: we refused custody "from the center" on each occasion. The situation is better understood by those who are responsible on the spot.
Decent snowfall again visited the Tver region, although not as intense as in December. One of the reasons for the memorable 200-kilometer congestion was called an understaffing at the Tver contractor, who was obliged to maintain the “operability” of the route, working equipment.
“After those events, the contractor bought two dozen modern road cars,” said Igor Astakhov, “now there are enough forces.” Since the new year, we have half-updated contractors serving federal highways. Of course, tenders were held with a critical view of their capabilities.
Spaskomplekt must carry
But the question remains open: will the negligent heavy truck drivers who have not prepared the cars for winter transport continue to stop traffic on the tracks? The head of the Federal Road Agency, Roman Starovoit, said that the Ministry of Transport is making the latest revision of the draft law on amendments to the SDA and related legislative acts that will establish the “armament” regulations for cars for driving in winter time.
Roman Starovoit, Rosavtodor
Roman Starovoit, Head of the Russian Road Agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Roman Starovoit, Head of the Russian Road Agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
