Winter maintenance of streets in Tuusula

The municipality of Tuusula is responsible for maintaining public roads, streets and private roads included in the municipality’s maintenance programme. These roads and streets are ploughed by the municipality’s own snow ploughs and by external contractors, which the municipality puts out to tender at regular intervals. Tuusula’s maintenance department monitors the weather and acts accordingly. We start ploughing when the snow depth exceeds 5 centimetres. We treat slippery surfaces as necessary.

We plough and grit in order of priority according to maintenance categories.

Maintenance classes:

• 1, class: main and collector roads and light traffic routes
• Class 2: local roads.

When there is heavy snowfall and/or snowfall continues for several days, we prioritise keeping access routes open. For example, we may not have time to keep street-side parking spaces clear of snow. We will remove snow piled up in parking bays and other large temporary snow piles once the situation has calmed down. We will lower snow banks and widen passageways where possible.

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We would like to remind property owners of their responsibilities:

• The property owner is responsible for maintaining the driveway leading to the plot and removing snow and ice from the plot entrance.
• Snow and ice must be removed from pavements adjacent to plots of land. Pavements must be gritted if necessary. In addition, snow banks ploughed onto or next to the pavement must be removed if necessary, and the street gutter and rainwater gutter/drain next to the pavement must be kept free of snow and ice.
• Snow from private plots may not be brought to public areas. If there is not enough space for the snow on your own plot, the property owner must take it to a snow dump at their own expense.

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