On Tuesday, February 23, a strong snowfall is awaited in St. Petersburg - the fourth day in a row. Weather forecasters predict an increase in snow cover up to 50 centimeters: the last time this was observed in February 2011. At the same time in the city warmer.
Officials are reported on the active cleaning of the streets. But the townspeople still complain about the problems: the sidewalks and roads are littered with snow, the cars can not leave the courtyards, people are difficult to move, and sometimes - even get out of the house. "Paper" tells how snowfalls hinder the Petersburgers and what they speak in Smolny.
On February 20-22, 67% of the monthly rate of precipitation fell 67-22 of February in St. Petersburg, Mikhail Leus was told "Paper". In the second half of February 23, heavy snowfall is expected, passing into wet snow, and possibly blizzards. According to the forecast, for Tuesday in the city, another 4 to 9 millimeters should fall out. This means that in four days the month of precipitation falls in the city.
Petersburgers began to complain about the poor cleaning of the streets from the snow back on Sunday. In the courtyards and on the sidewalks there were many snowdrifts. Some streets, according to reports, almost did not remove.
The townspeople immediately remembered how in late January and early February, the authorities of St. Petersburg used snow removal techniques to overlapping the Nevsky Prospect during rallies and even when the shares were not.
Motorists celebrated a large number of accidents in St. Petersburg - even in the courtyards.
To clear your cars and leave, Petersburgers also apply a lot of effort.
In St. Petersburg, multi-meter drifts were formed.
Readers of "Paper" say that on the 8th Soviet street it is impossible to move safely, and the cars do not leave the courtyard. Some sidewalks are generally cleaned, but on the side of roads, heaps of dirty snow accumulate, which interfere with drivers.
Residents of the Admiralty District are told that they cannot even get to the car. A similar situation in Devyatkin. Some residents decided to remove snow on their own.
In the center of the townspeople complain that snow from the roofs of houses are discarded directly on the roadway.
Some Petersburgers living in new buildings, and can not get out of the house.
Residents of the LCD "Two Capitals" in the Moscow region turned to their management company, writing in the snow multi-meter letters: "It's time to remove the snow!"
The townspeople claim that due to the work of snow removal equipment on the roads the parked cars suffer. According to them, on Löni Golikov Street in the vehicles are broken by the rearview mirror.
The Improvement Committee of St. Petersburg reports every day that the city is removed more than 1,200 units of road machinery and more than 400 employees. "The road builders sweep the snow from the road and sidewalks, form shafts that reach impressive sizes, ship them on dump trucks and exported on snow-splashing and snow-receiving items. Despite the element, road builders successfully ensure the passage and travel through the streets of St. Petersburg, "the Committee reported on February 22.
According to the Housing Committee, by February 23, 7.5 thousand wipers work in the courtyards, 622 units of technology, as well as more than 1 thousand roofers.
At the same time, the service of the Vice-Governor Nikolai Bondarenko reported on February 22, that on the hot line in the Housing Committee for Saturday and Sunday received only 63 appeals related to the cleaning of intra-ordinary areas from snow, as well as 194 complaints of road harvesting. In the apparatus of the Vice-Governor announced that they were working. According to Bondarenko, the Kalininsky, Vyborg and Admiraltesky, Vyborg and Admiraltesky leading to the number of complaints about unlocking snow.
Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belflov, no snow cleaning was commented. At the same time, on February 8, he said that the needs of St. Petersburg in harvesting is about 4 thousand cars.
According to weather forecasts, on February 24, the air temperature in St. Petersburg can fall to 0 degrees. Wet snow is possible in the afternoon, in the evening - ice rain. On Thursday, the city warm up to +4 degrees.
"Paper" told how the roads in St. Petersburg are cleaned, why use salt and why many are dissatisfied with this.