First snowfalls: how to keep your town/city clean!

During the first snowfalls, it’s essential to protect roads, gardens and cycle paths in order to ensure the safety of residents and road mobility.

In this article, Bellon Mit suggests some guidelines for preventing and limiting damage that may be caused by the first snowfalls in towns/cities during the winter season.

• Preventive maintenance: before the winter season, it’s important to carry out preventive maintenance on the equipment that will be used to remove snow and ice, such as snowploughs andsalt spreaders or sand spreaders to ensure that they function perfectly.

• Removing snow: municipal authorities must organise an efficient snowplough and shovel service to clear streets, driveways, cycle paths, pavements and parking spaces of the first snowflakes. It’s important to remove snow immediately to prevent any build-up and hazardous situations.

• Anti-icing treatments: it’s essential to use appropriate salt spreader equipment, sand or calcium chloride to prevent the formation of ice on roads and pedestrian areas that may cause slipping.

• Constant monitoring: it’s important that the responsible authorities always check the weather conditions in order to take action in advance and promptly in the event of snowfall in all urban areas. These include roads, parking spaces, pavements, driveways etc., paying special attention to pedestrian areas around schools and hospitals.

Bellon Mit can provide you with all the most suitable snow removal equipment to make your city, your neighbourhood and all urban areas involved increasingly safer, thus ensuring safety on all roads and pedestrian areas.