At 22:00 on the evening of February 7, the night was already dark, and in order to ensure the smooth flow of traffic routes, Jiangsu traffic people were still fighting on the road.
At present, the snow in the south and north of the Nanjing River has gradually stopped, and the highway maintenance department is currently clearing the local residual snow on both sides of the road, and tonight the maintenance departments of the Nanjing Highway Center will still be fully on duty, and after 22:00 at night, they will also sprinkle snow melting salt on the bridge ramp section and the road crossing to prevent freezing at night.
"From early morning to afternoon, the Ningma Expressway toll station has not stopped sweeping snow and de-icing. At present, although the snow has stopped, from 22:00, we continue to spread snow melting agent in the square to prevent ice at night," Li Yuan, the person in charge of the duty of the Ningma Expressway toll station, told reporters at 21:00 on the evening of the 7th, the rain and snow did not stop, and the traffic people kept going, "The 8-person commando team is ready to go." If the snow stops at night, they will spread it on the road every 2 hours, and if the snow continues to fall, the spread will be more frequent, ensuring the safety of passing vehicles. ”
In Changzhou at night, the highway emergency maintenance units are making every effort to clean the snow on the main road and non-motorized roads, ensure the smooth flow of trunk roads, and plan to complete the spreading of all trunk bridges before nightfall, dredge and drain key sections that are prone to water and ice, and spread snow melting agent and anti-skid material.
According to preliminary statistics, as of 19:30 p.m. on February 7, Changzhou City's national and provincial trunk highways have dispatched a total of 525 emergency maintenance operators, 68 patrol vehicles, 88 classes of various types of operating vehicles and machinery, 35 classes of spreaders, 85 tons of snow melting agent, 49 tons of industrial salt, 5 tons of anti-skid material, 141 warning signs and signs on key snow sections and bridges, and 75 trees that have been cleaned up.
Due to the drop in temperature, on the evening of February 7, the bridge deck of the three bridges of the G344 Baoying Canal froze. In order to ensure the safety of highway traffic, from 19:00, the Baoying Highway Department quickly arranged machinery and manpower to spray snow melting agent on the icy bridge deck in the cold.
The reporter learned from the Department of Transportation of Jiangsu Province that since 1:30 on February 7, rain and snow have occurred in most parts of the province. All localities have successively adopted traffic control measures such as speed limits and vehicle models, organized personnel to increase road patrols and duty, quickly cleaned up minor traffic accidents on the road surface, timely threw snow melting agents, and used large forklifts, snow sweepers, and snow blowers to quickly remove snow from the road area.
At present, the snow in the highway lanes of the province has been basically cleared, and the number of minor collision accidents has increased compared with usual, and no fatal accidents have occurred. Expressways will continue to adopt measures such as speed limits and vehicle models. In view of the problems such as residual snow in some sections of emergency lanes and interchange ramps, the traffic enforcement brigade is fully cooperating with road operators to increase snow removal and de-icing efforts to ensure that all snow on the road surface is removed during the day, and to strengthen the monitoring of the road network in key road sections to prevent freezing at night.
Up to now, the province's highways have dispatched a total of 685 ice and snow removal teams, 11,182 snow removal personnel, 1,800 snow removal vehicles, 1,239 tons of materials, and 6,228 kilometers of shoveling and blowing snow, making every effort to ensure the safety and smoothness of the road network.
Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Shi Xiaolei
Proofread by Faye Wong
Source: Purple Cow News