More than twenty trucks with snow lined up at the entrance to the snow-melting station on Mebelnaya Street in St. Petersburg. A string of special equipment once again clearly demonstrates the lack of capacity for cleaning and recycling snow masses in the Northern capital.
A long line of KAMAZ trucks loaded with snow lined up on Thursday, February 17, at the snow melting point on Mebelnaya. More than twenty trucks are waiting to be unloaded, but the station does not have time to quickly service all the arriving trucks.
The media have repeatedly written that in St. Petersburg there is an acute shortage of snow-melting points and installations, and the line of trucks on Mebelnaya is a clear confirmation of this.
A similar situation was observed at this point in January. Then more than 40 trucks lined up on Furniture Street. Previously, at Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, in whose area of responsibility there is a snow melting point, explainedthat the vehicle routes are coordinated by the “Comprehensive Improvement Center”. If a queue exceeds 10 cars, the operational manager of the Water Disposal branch informs the dispatcher of the institution subordinate to the Committee for Improvement.
Let us remind you that the snow collapse in St. Petersburg has been observed since the end of November, when the first snowfalls hit the city. Governor Alexander Beglov claimed that public utilities are fully prepared for the winter season, but the Northern capital still remains uncleared of snow and ice. The communal crisis, as reported by the media, is due to the lack of organization and control on the part of Smolny, as well as shortage snow removal equipment.