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Postal worker criticizes Halmstad's winter road maintenance

Key Points
  • Postal worker Mikael Karlsson says this winter is among the worst for mail carriers in Halmstad.
  • Halmstad municipality does not de-ice residential streets except on steep hills.
  • SVT has sought comment from the municipality but received no response.

In Halmstad, Sweden, postal worker Mikael Karlsson has described this winter as one of the worst ever for mail carriers due to high snowbanks from plows and packed snow making surfaces slippery. He appealed to Halmstad municipality to consider workers in these conditions, calling the job very time-consuming and physically demanding. On the municipality's website, it states that the municipality does not de-ice residential streets, making exceptions only in residential areas with steep hills.

SVT Nyheter Halland has contacted the responsible person at the municipality's Technical and Property Administration but received no response.

this winter as one of the worst ever for mail carriers due to high snowbanks from plows and packed snow making surfaces slippery

Mikael Karlsson, postal worker

He appealed to Halmstad municipality to consider workers in these conditions, calling the job very time-consuming and physically demanding

Mikael Karlsson, postal worker

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