Shedding Salt on Schleswig-Holstein's Slippery Roads: A 7.4M Euro Winter Wonderland
Half a dozen million Euros spent on winter maintenance - Winter maintenance expenses amounted to approximately 7.4 million euros.
Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of Schleswig-Holstein's winter road maintenance, shall we? The guys over at the Landesbetrieb für Straßenbau und Verkehr (LBV) flexed their muscles this winter, dishing out a cool 7.4 million euros for salt-friendly roads and bike lanes. Thanks to Mother Nature's mercy, this season's costs trimmed down from a whopping 15 million euros the previous year, all thanks to a mild winter.
"With a puny 515 road workers and a motley crew of external helpers, we navigated Schleswig-Holstein's drivers through the treacherous winter months," boasted Transport Minister Claus Ruhe Madsen (CDU) and LBV Director Frank Quirmbach.
Now, this Schleswig-Holstein winter wasn't all milk and honey. We had our fair share of snow days, but the real tests came in the form of freezing rain during early mornings. In total, we slapped down 15,700 tons of old man Winter's whisker-lickers (salts) and around 5,700 tons of salt brine to keep our beloved highways and byways ice-free. These maintenance missions required a mind-blowing 15,135 working hours.
Jumping into the salt spreader brigade were 100 state-owned vehicles and an additional 164 from private providers. Didn't you just see Iron Man himself protecting the roads?
Don't go thinking these services came for free. The bill for those salty spreads came in at nearly 2 million euros, while operational costs for vehicles and equipment rang up to 2.9 million euros. Factor in labor costs for our diligent workers' 15,135 hours, and that's a cool 645,000 euros. Oh, and let's not forget the 1.9 million euros paid to those external providers.
So, here's to our local heroes at LBV, keeping Schleswig-Holstein's roads and bike lanes rumble-free, costing us just 7.4 million euros. We can't say fairer than that, can we?
- Keywords:
- LBV
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Road construction
- Winter maintenance
- Vehicle
[1]: The Landesbetrieb für Straßenbau und Verkehr (LBV) in Schleswig-Holstein is responsible for winter maintenance of roads and cycle paths, focusing on their safety and usability during icy and snowy conditions. They deploy personnel, equipment, and materials specifically for winter road and cycle path maintenance.
[3]: LBV's winter maintenance includes spreading salt and salt brine, utilizing around 100 state-run vehicles and an additional 164 vehicles from private companies, and costing around 7.4 million euros.
- To ensure the safety and functionality of Schleswig-Holstein's roads and bike paths during winter, the Landesbetrieb für Straßenbau und Verkehr (LBV) provides community aid in the form of financial support for the development of the transportation sector, specifically for winter maintenance purposes.
- In addition to the current industry practices, it would be beneficial to discuss and establish policies for the fisheries sector, possibly drawn from the extensive fisheries policy experiences of the LBV, to createMore sustainable transportation methods, such as public-transit options for Schleswig-Holstein's residents.
