Hochstadt snow plow needs space now
Why has our construction area not yet been cleared?? Why did the snow plow close my driveway?? Why can’t the snowplow driver pay attention and half covers my freshly cleared sidewalk again??
Anyone who has to listen to questions and accusations like these, even though he’s already up at four in the morning and is still driving his truck through hochstadt’s construction areas in the afternoon with an oversized blade, needs strong nerves.
The 17 workmen from hochstadt’s building yard, who were roused from their beds at four o’clock on tuesday night. Thank goodness they don’t always need these nerves. "As a rule, people are happy when the winter road clearance service arrives", says the head of the depot, herbert sucker "but there are always exceptions".
It is not possible for the winter road clearance service in hochstadt to keep the snow away from all driveways. Somewhere the weibe pracht has to go. It becomes problematic in narrow residential streets and cul-de-sacs. There, the snowplow often cannot even turn around.
And then there are the residents who park their cars and don’t think about the fact that the snowplow might have to go through early in the morning. For those who still complain about uncleared roads, the snowplow drivers recommend getting behind the wheel of one of these vehicles and driving it through the city streets.
Public works director sucker advises burghers to pay attention to weather forecasts, especially in winter, and to keep roads mostly clear when snow or slippery roads are announced.
The city’s winter road clearance service is trying to work through its schedule as quickly as possible. The hochstadt employees don’t have to worry about federal, state and county roads. Their area of operation is the residential and development roads in the building areas and suburbs of the city. Plus the fub and cycle paths, which are cleared by a mini tractor and two fub crews.
There is a list of priorities for daily operations. At the top of the list are the routes to the hospital and to the BRK rescue station, revealed the head of the building department. This will be followed by the schwedenschanze bus station and all steeper stretches of road in the city area. Only after that is cleared in the flat residential areas.
Only pure salt is used as a gritting agent in hochstadt. With grit and sand, the sand was much coarser and the disadvantages outweighed the benefits, says the yard manager. So grit had to be collected again and specially treated. Some of it has also been spooled down the sewer system into the clearing system, where it can cause damage to snails, for example.