This is what roads look like in Lithuania: in some places the road surface is not even visible

Snow is recorded on almost the entire territory of Lithuania, except for the coast, and the strongest is in the Panevėžys district, speed restrictions are indicated on the website of the Lithuanian Road Administration eismoinfo.lt

Not all roads are clear. Traffic conditions are warned that snow, blizzard and blizzard are getting worse and drivers should be vigilant.

“Due to the previous and continuous snow and blizzard, the difficult traffic conditions in Lithuania. Pavements of main roads with wet or collapsed snow tracks, in places with a layer of compressed or loose snow up to 10-15 cm. Regional roads with less intensity of traffic with compressed snow, in places with a layer of loose snow of up to 20 cm, slippery. AB Kelių Supervision cleans and disperses slippery stretches of road, but drivers are asked to take into account the condition of the road surface and choose a safe speed instead of the maximum allowed speed and to observe a safe distance higher than usual, ”the website reads.

Giedrė Čekavičienė, Head of the Communication Department of AB Kelių reikalavimai, shared that the condition on the roads remains very difficult during lunch.

“The blizzard and snow continue throughout Lithuania, only in Klaipėda county is the snow turning into rain, the pavement is wet. There is compressed snow on lower intensity roads. In fact, the weather and the state of the roads are quite difficult. “

Even on the Vilnius – Kaunas main artery, traffic conditions pose challenges.

“The machinery, which was finished yesterday, was not turned off, the drivers change and continue working,” said a representative from Road Maintenance.

Road users are working at full capacity: road maintenance alone has sent 267 machines to the roads, but municipal institutions also work on roads.

According to her, in some regions, road users cannot take any breaks: the cleaning and spreading cycle continues constantly.

“If the mechanisms were to stop, the roads would probably become impassable,” says G. Čekavičienė.

This is the way to Druskininkai:

“The most difficult conditions are of course on the roads with the least intensity, called level 5 road maintenance. These are forest roads, from farms to farms, they are very difficult to cross so far. In some places, the snow cover reaches 20 centimeters or more ”, says G. Čekavičienė

On the highway connecting Vilnius with Minsk, the road surface is completely covered with snow.

On the Vilnius – Lida highway (near Pyšna), traffic flows in furrows in the snow.

In addition to road maintenance, municipalities also maintain their own roads.

“They are more likely to follow certain standards of their maintenance, and we work on roads of state importance and follow the standards set by the Lithuanian Highway Administration,” explains G. Čekavičienė.

Most of the regional roads are completely covered in snow and it is sometimes difficult to separate the roads. Road near Girėnai:

Road in Duobužiai, Molėtai district. completely covered in snow:

A slightly better situation in Seaside, where the road surface is only wet.

“Better situation in Klaipeda county”, confirmed G. Čekavičienė.

For example, in the Šilutė district, the roads look like this: