the Department mobilizes 75 agents on the roads

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With Météo France's announcement of risks of snow and freezing rain this Thursday, November 21, 2024 in Normandy, including in the Vire Normandy region, the Department of Calvados, placed on orange alert, announced the implementation of its winter service plan.

These are like this 75 agentset 34 teams constantly on call, operating from the six departmental road agencies in Calvadosincluding that of Villers-Bocage, which are mobilized to offer the best possible traffic conditions on the 1,180 km of departmental roads in the “priority network”. Which concentrates 20% of the total network and 80% of the traffic.

18 ready-to-use salt stocks across Calvados

The salt spreaders have of course been loaded and prepared for use. They will carry out a patrol during the night from Wednesday to Thursdayfrom 4 a.m., on roads called “ representative » of the network. If it turns out that they need to be salted, the entire system will be activated to secure them.

For this, 18 stocks of road salt have already been established in the operating centers of the six road agencies. Last winter, in just two snow events, no less than 2,700 tonnes of salt had been used in Calvados.

This will complement the DIRNO system, announced Tuesday November 19, which is responsible for intervening, in Calvados, on the A84, the RN13, the Falaise dual carriageway, and the Caen ring road.

How is the device prepared?

In the event of icy conditions, the main difficulty sites (more than 80) were listed to direct salting equipment there as a priority.

In the event of heavy snowfall, 24 bow blades can be adapted on tractors in order to break the isolation of towns in rural areas.

On the other hand, when conditions require it, the Department may authorize agricultural operators equipped with specific means to intervene on the roads in order to provide team support. And agreements have also been made with certain communities in order to complement the actions carried out by the Department.

A site to stay informed live

It is also possible to follow livefrom 6:45 a.m. each morning, the conditions de circulations on departmental roads, on the inforoute14.fr website.

The condition of the roadways is referenced there, based on the conditions observed by the agents.

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