Next week’s cold temperatures could cause slippery roads. Kortrijk has already prepared itself. The city has about 150 tons of salt ready. “We are prepared for everything. It looks like it will remain dry in the coming week, so that means that we will only spread the critical points. That concerns bridges, points that we know can freeze quickly,” explains Alderman of Mobility Axel Weydts out.
The Roads and Traffic Agency can perfectly estimate where it is necessary to spread. For this purpose, the Agency uses infrared cameras and sensors in the road surface.
The flooding of recent weeks and days can still make it dangerously slippery. “In places where there is flooding, there may be puddles of water on the cycle paths and on the roads. These can freeze over. We will spread salt there, but that salt may not be enough to completely dissolve such a thick puddle of water. can still freeze into ice,” said spokesperson for the Roads and Traffic Agency Katrien Kiekens.