Instructions to road maintainers

Recommendation S258 The Finnish Rail Administration should inform parties in charge of road maintenance about their obligation to build and maintain road segments leading to level crossings as set out in the relevant regulations. The Finnish Rail Administration should also appropriately inform of any track changes to be made and any shortcomings discovered during inspection rounds. was issued on a previous occasion. It should be reformulated. Maintainers of private roads have insufficient information regarding their level crossing maintenance obligations. An investigation by the Safety Investigation Authority revealed that the infrastructure manager and a city had completely different views on the obligation to maintain sightline at the level crossing.

Instructions on level crossings should be drawn up for road maintainers.

These instructions should contain sections on constructing and upgrading the road related to the level crossing, the road maintainer’s obligations, and the appropriate speed limit and STOP sign practices. The Finnish Transport Agency should use its own local actors and the Finnish Road Association to distribute instructions and organise training for road maintainers and others responsible for maintaining roads.

Recommendation S258 The Finnish Rail Administration should inform parties in charge of road maintenance about their obligation to build and maintain road segments leading to level crossings as set out in the relevant regulations. The Finnish Rail Administration should also appropriately inform of any track changes to be made and any shortcomings discovered during inspection rounds. was issued on a previous occasion. It should be reformulated. Maintainers of private roads have insufficient information regarding their level crossing maintenance obligations. An investigation by the Safety Investigation Authority revealed that the infrastructure manager and a city had completely different views on the obligation to maintain sightline at the level crossing.