Maintenance of gravel roads
Most of the roads in Finland are gravel roads, the maintenance of which is one of Destia's most important roadkeeping tasks. It is important to the economy and private users that the service level of gravel roads is maintained.
Destia has sound expertise in gravel road maintenance. It ensures a high-quality end result by means of sophisticated methods and equipment and through its extensive knowledge of material properties. The quality of measures is monitored constantly and timely reports are issued to customers in order to keep them informed of the prevailing road conditions.
Destia’s gravel road maintenance and renovation services include:
- total responsibility for maintaining gravel roads and gravelled village roads and areas
- maintenance of road surface condition
- preparation and levelling
- dust binding
- addition of wearing course material
- maintenance during the frost damage period, levelling of frost heaves and removal of stone blocks
Rehabilitation of private roads from planning to implementation
Destia implements dozens of private road improvement projects each year as a turnkey service, including damage inventory, planning, contracting, material deliveries, and also maintenance if necessary.
Skilled damage inventories and planning guarantee the best possible outcome and make it easier to apply for and obtain private road subsidies. Bearing capacity measurements are performed before planning in order to optimise the required measures and aggregate deliveries in terms of costs and quality.
We always use suitable, high-quality aggregate in all improvement projects. Destia has about 300 soil areas so it can deliver aggregates cost-effectively to all parts of Finland. To guarantee the quality of work and the long service life of roads, we use filter cloths, for example, in order to prevent new crushed aggregate from mixing with the existing subgrade. Thanks to its high order volumes, Destia can also deliver other materials, such as culverts, at a competitive price.
The Finnish State grants EUR 23 million of subsidies annually to the maintenance of private roads (2010-2011). The subsidies cover 60–75 % of the approved total costs of the improvement project, including value-added tax. Information on how to apply for private road subsidies can be obtained from Destia and Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, forestry centres and road managers, for example. Private road cooperatives can also call the Finnish Road Association’s telephone service, tel. 0200 34520 (EUR 0.92/min + local call charge), in matters concerning private roads. State subsidies can be applied for at local Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.
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