US Edition"Extreme Black Ice Situation": Berlin Now Allows Road Salt to Be Used on Sidewalks
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Berliners have been struggling with smooth paths for days. The Senate allows scattered salt until mid-February and plans to change the law. On Monday, the BVG strike threatens a standstill in local transport.
The Berlin Senate only allowed the use of Tausalz on pavements after the smoothness had already lasted several days, emergency services were overloaded and the Governing Mayor had publicly appealed to the Parliament. Why the decree nevertheless came only at this time, cannot be understood from the public statements.
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Traffic Senator Ute Bonde has issued a general decree for the use of thaw salt because of the extreme weather conditions. Conservationists are alarmed. The BSR issues splits free of charge.
The Governing Mayor begs the SPD to agree to the use of salt. Finally, his traffic senator gives permission. Meanwhile, the rescue service already has 1000 missions until noon.
For days it has been dangerously smooth in Berlin. A special regulation should now allow to free walkways from the ice. Also in Hamburg one reacts to the further wintery weather.
Berlin lifts the ban on road salt for sidewalks due to extreme slipperiness and resorts to unusual measures – here's what that means.
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