Snow alarm in the municipality, the Metrobus path will be kept open

Snow alarm in the municipality, Metrobus road will be kept open: falling temperature and snowfall put the Metropolitan Municipality on alert. Roads will be intercepted with 255 thousand tons of salt and about a thousand vehicles
Snowfall and cold weather, which started to be effective throughout the country, also showed itself in Istanbul. On the Anatolian side, high sections became white. In the city, which had a cloudy part of the day yesterday, the temperature is expected to decrease to zero degrees in the highlands on the Anatolian side and Arnavutköy, Hadımköy, Silivri, Çatalca on the European side. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality also made preparations for the winter conditions. According to the statement made by the municipality, a program of 43 thousand 1 kilometers of road networks and squares working on 255 routes, 3 of which are the first priority, was evaluated. In the fight against snow, a total of 500 vehicles will serve the people of Istanbul with 933 thousand 3 personnel.
Increased number of vehicles were brought to the Road Maintenance Department in Edirnekapı and then maintained. Appliances were attached to the vehicles for salting, and snow plow combs were installed. According to the municipal plan, the priority routes of each region were determined and stations were created. Preparations were completed to intervene in the main arteries, access points, junctions and E-5 before and during precipitation. The Metropolitan Municipality will use state-of-the-art snow-fighting vehicles and the icing early warning system located at 28 different points in the main arteries. Snow plowing and roadblocks to be carried out on the specified routes will be followed by AKOM with the current vehicle tracking system, and vehicles will be directed to other regions when necessary.
Within the scope of the work plan, the metrobus road will be kept open for continuous access. In critical intersections, 34 saviors and tow trucks will be kept ready for 24 hours against possible roadblocks and accidents. 255 thousand 7 tons of salt were stored in the Road Maintenance and Infrastructure Coordination Department warehouses. Salt supplements will be made to the district municipalities if needed. A thousand 82 tons of solutions were stored in 760 different points of the city. If needed, production will be carried out in solution facilities with a capacity of 25 tons per hour. Firefighters, 45 Disaster Response and Rescue Vehicles, and 135 personnel will participate in the works to be carried out under the AKOM Coordination. Parks and Gardens Directorate, KadıköyWill make winter combat work with 230 personnel and 31 vehicles in Taksim, Saraçhane, Yenikapı, Eminönü, Üsküdar, Ümraniye, Beykoz, Göztepe, Kartal squares.