Road maintenance depot

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A small suburban maintenance depot with a brine tank in Germany.

A road maintenance depot is a depot used by road maintenance agencies for storing works equipment and organising maintenance operations. Road maintenance depots can range in size from small sheds storing just a few pieces of equipment, to vast buildings housing computer and closed-circuit television systems, allowing operators to monitor conditions across the road network.

Road maintenance depots carry gear for a number of tasks, including

road salt for drivers.[1]

Operations

A salt barn at a depot near Lake Michigan, United States.

Depots carry a wide range of vehicles to cover most eventualities, depending on the location of the depot; small urban depots carry

lawnmowers, sprayers and road markers
.

Along with garages, most depots also have either salt barns or brine tanks, to store de-icing agents for use in winter months, and

red diesel, which is not available at public filling stations. Larger depots have vehicle washes and repair shops to maintain the fleet, and a cafeteria and on-call room
for workers.

International

Germany

Autobahnmeisterei Tauberbischofsheim in Germany

Road maintenance depots in

Federal Government, while those that cover more urban roads are operated by the local city administration.[2]

United Kingdom

All public road maintenance depots in the

short cuts designed for emergency vehicles.[4]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7277-2531-8
    .
  2. ^ "Straßenunterhaltung und Straßenmeisterei" (in German). Peine local government. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  3. Birmingham Evening Mail. 25 February 2002. Retrieved 2007-07-23.[dead link
    ]
  4. ^ "Secret Bases". Pagliacci Productions. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
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