XVI WORLD WINTER SERVICE AND ROAD RESILIENCE CONGRESS
Proceedings of the Congress

WS 1.2 Dealing with heavy snowfalls

Monday, February 7 16:00 - 17:30 (Calgary)

GMT : 02/07| 23:00 - 00:30 Paris : 02/08| 00:00 - 01:30 New Delhi : 02/08| 04:30 - 06:00 Tokyo : 02/08| 08:00 - 09:30 Sydney : 02/08| 10:00 - 11:30

Chair: Nick RUSSELL, member of PIARC TC 3.2, United Kingdom

During extreme winter events, standard response plans may no longer be valid. These events can have significant consequences for society. In many countries, there are roads in areas with extreme conditions such as mountain passes requiring convoys, roads in open areas exposed to snow drift and roads vulnerable to avalanches. However, extreme weather conditions can also happen anywhere; examples include heavy snowfall, freezing rain, extreme cold, fast changing weather conditions, fast increasing temperature and melting snow, which can cause landslides, or flooding. Heavy snowfall events might shut down traffic if winter services reacts not adequate. Methods and practices on how to handle heavy snowfalls are shown in this session.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Video
  4. Questions and Answers
  5. Conclusion

Welcome and session introduction

• Nick RUSSELL, member of PIARC TC 3.2, United Kingdom

Presentations

Investigation of evaluation indexes for severe snowstorm events
• Mr Yusuke Harada, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Public Works Research Institute, Japan

Ensuring safe trafficability of federal motorways during heavy snowfall
• Mr Jan Wachsmann, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences - Institute for Transport Systems and Infrastructure, Germany

Simple method for evaluation of daily snowfall frequency
• Mr Hiroki Matsushita, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Japan

Unpopulated Spain, far away from the clichés. Road administration during the winter period in Castilla y León,
• Mr Francisco Javier Alcalde Tajadura, ACCIONA, División de Mantenimiento de Infraestructuras, Spain

Video

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Questions and Answers

• Nick RUSSELL, member of PIARC TC 3.2, United Kingdom

Conclusion

• Nick RUSSELL, member of PIARC TC 3.2, United Kingdom

Session Organiser: Nick RUSSELL, member of PIARC TC 3.2, United Kingdom
Session Secretary: Troy MCLEOD, member of PIARC TC 3.2, Canada