Maintenance of National Roads
The main activity of JSC “Kelių priežiūra” is the maintenance of state roads under a contract with the main customer - JSC “Via Lietuva” Maintenance of national roads is carried out in accordance with the Road Maintenance Manual "Road Maintenance Norms KPV PN 23", which regulates the quality of road maintenance, works and their value.
JSC “Kelių priežiūra” provides other services related to road maintenance (for both legal and natural persons): winter maintenance, profiling of gravel roads, tree pruning, renewal of damaged road signs, maintenance of roadside structures and plantations, elimination of accidents and vandalism, etc.
Permanent work
- Road maintenance in summer: green areas, road clean-ups, etc;
- Road maintenance in winter: gritting, cleaning, etc. of public roads;
- Continuous maintenance of road structures, elements and installations.
Periodical works
- Repair of defects in asphalt and concrete pavements;
- Repairing after accidents, vandalism and natural disasters, implementing emergency traffic safety measures;
- Reconstruction of road elements due to the transition to new road maintenance standards;
- Repair of defects in bridges and culverts;
- Winter gritting of paths and pavements;
- Other road maintenance works.
Maintenance of roads in winter
The winter season starts no later than 1 November and ends no earlier than 31 April. Road maintenance is entirely dependent on weather conditions, both technologically and organisationally.
The condition of national roads is monitored at the Road Maintenance Management Centre in Kaunas district. Duty officers continuously monitor the state of Lithuania's road surface, meteorological forecasts and readings from existing weather stations, the movement and operation of road maintenance equipment on Lithuania's roads, and promptly transmit information to the responsible authorities about meteorological changes, accidents or other factors affecting driving conditions, ensuring more efficient management of road maintenance and better traffic conditions. The data is processed by the world's most advanced road maintenance software, developed by Swedish research company Klimator.
As it is not possible to clear and grit all maintained roads at the same time, the intensity of the roads is taken into account, as well as the 5 maintenance levels.
The focus is on highway roads with the highest traffic volumes. After ensuring optimal driving conditions on highway roads, national roads are gritted and cleaned. Only after the completion of the work on these sections is maintenance carried out on district roads.
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