Winter road maintenance

Occurs when:

• Increased widespread precipitation activity, such as snowfall, freezing drizzle, freezing rain, which affect the passability of roads during snowfall with consequent wind intensification,
• increased incidence of spot defects on roads in isolated places caused by icing, freezing of water running off the surrounding area or water standing on the road, etc.,
• an increased incidence of such defects in the passability caused by weather conditions which cannot be foreseen by the driver.

In extraordinary weather conditions, when it is not possible to ensure the passability of roads in the order and within the time limits set by the operational plans, the Director of the Košice City Council declares "Level I". When declaring this level, he activates all mechanisation and workforce available by the contractors, while winter maintenance is provided operationally, according to the need and the specific situation (without taking into account the importance and order determined by the operational plan).

Occurs when:

• persistent persistent snowfall forming an uncompacted snow layer of more than 10 cm on the carriageways of roads, forming an obstacle for single-track motor vehicles and non-motorised vehicles or passenger motor vehicles on gradients,
• Increased occurrence of snow tongues and drifts on roads, which do not free up the available lane width in each direction,
• slipperiness of the carriageway caused by compacted snow, slushy snow, freezing drizzle, freezing rain or other adverse weather conditions creating defects in the passability of most roads.

In the event that the passability of the roads cannot be ensured even with the full deployment of own and contracted machinery, the Mayor of the city and the winter maintenance staff declare "Stage II", while the winter maintenance management is taken over by the winter maintenance staff of the city of Košice.

Occurs when:

• persistent persistent snowfall creating an uncompacted layer of snow on the roads forming an obstacle for all motor vehicles,
• strong winds creating drifts or continuous snow tongues on the roads forming an obstacle, or creating other obstacles which cannot be safely avoided or which make it impassable for all motor vehicles,
• Increased occurrence of places on roads where only one lane width is available for both directions without traffic control.

In the event that the passability of roads cannot be ensured even with the full deployment of own and contracted mechanization, the Mayor and the winter maintenance staff declare "Stage III". The winter maintenance is managed by the Košice City ZÚ staff.