Street maintenance

The streets must be kept in the condition required by traffic. The law sets minimum requirements for the quality of winter care. Winter care includes, for example, snow removal, anti-slippery control and sandblasting removal.

The city and private property owners have their own responsibilities in street maintenance. They are determined by the Street Maintenance and Sanitation Act.

Imatra has approximately 405 kilometers of carriageway and more than 146 kilometers of light traffic lanes.

Winter maintenance is governed by a separate street classification, where the roadways are divided into three maintenance categories: I main streets, II collector streets, III residential streets.
The light traffic lanes are divided into two maintenance categories A and B.

Annex: Road maintenance classification map

Performs street maintenance tasks Imatran Kiinteistö- ja Luepalvelu Oy.

Maintenance responsibilities

As a general rule, the city is responsible for the winter maintenance of street carriageways and light traffic lanes. To the owner of the property includes winter maintenance of the sidewalk next to the lot and the own lot access. The owner of the property must also keep the sidewalk next to his plot and the roadway up to its center line clean of debris all year round

Annex: Maintenance responsibilities picture.

In addition, the city area has public roads owned by the state, which are responsible for the regional ELY center (Elinkeino-, liikkein og militørensenskus).