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Winter service - information on ensuring the obligation to clear and grit the roads
Service Description
The road authority must ensure to the best of its ability that the roads and sidewalks canstill be safely navigated or walked on when it is icy and snowy by spreading and clearing .
Within localities, municipalities shall clear all public roads to the best of their ability and grit them as necessary. In addition, the sidewalks and crosswalks must be cleared of snow and gritted in case of icy conditions.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility for winter road maintenance on Thuringian roads lies with the respective municipalities or cities within the built-up area. Outside built-up areas, the respective road authorities are to ensure that the roads are cleared or gritted as quickly as possible.
The municipalities or cities can transfer the obligation to clear and grit the sidewalks within the built-up area to the residents by statute.
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
11.01.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Stadtverwaltung Bürgel
Address
07616 Bürgel
