Winter service
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzThe winter road clearance service must ensure that roads and sidewalks remain safe to drive and walk on in icy and snowy conditions by gritting and clearing.
Special information for District-free City Koblenz
- Homeowners are also obliged to provide gritting and clearing services!
Particularly in winter, owners and occupiers of properties on public roads have additional obligations to fulfill. 1.50 m of snow and ice must be removed from the sidewalk every day between 7.00 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. and the sidewalk must be kept clear of snow and ice and kept passable by means of de-icing agents. If there is no sidewalk or only a sidewalk less than 0.50 m wide, a sidewalk of 1.50 m along the property must be kept clear. This winter maintenance obligation is to be fulfilled by the owners or proprietors independently of the cleaning of the sidewalks.
In the case of side streets, which are defined in more detail in the statutes of the City of Koblenz on the cleaning of public roads and the levying of street cleaning charges, the owner must also grit the carriageway.
For owners and proprietors of private properties, other general traffic safety obligations may also have to be fulfilled.
Links:
Street cleaning statutes incl. street directory (pdf file)