Retired from the city of Shakhty Alexander Titov I’m tired of driving on bad roads and start doing small-scale repairs myself. But & nbsp; Gorduma accused him of & nbsp; arbitrariness. АиФ.ги I met with an unrecognized asphalt worker and found out how his story ended.
Agronomist & nbsp; & mdash; asphalt paver
Alexander Titov rolls out a homemade cart from the garage, on which he transported pieces of asphalt for sealing holes on the roads.
“I came up with the asphalting technology myself, I did everything on the eye, but it keeps capital,” says the pensioner АиФ.ги. & mdash; & nbsp;The pit was laid with pieces of asphalt, covered with asphalt chips, this machine structure was rolled like a roller. The material was taken from the place of road repairs, there is a lot of waste there. I decided — why should good disappear, I’d rather implement a good deed for my beloved city.
Alexander Titov became famous in the Mines thanks to his volunteer work. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin
A 65-year-old former agricultural scientist has been filling up holes in roads for seven years.
“There was a pit on the road to the dacha at a sharp turn. It was poorly seen by drivers, so those who did not know flew into it, beat the headlights, damaged the wheels. I covered it with gravel, broken bricks, leveled it. With this my volunteer hobby» began, — explains Alexander Titov.
This August, in the Mines, a pensioner issued a shock series of small-scale repairs in the third largest city of the Rostov region, almost 230 thousand people live here. residents.
He «paved» pits on roads of the city adjacent to central streets Derzhavin, Sadovaya, Victory Avenue of the Revolution. The volunteer’s activity has received public approval. Taxi and bus drivers thank him and wish him good health. Passers-by shake his hands.
“You didn’t save me from a deep hole once,” a female driver once told him.
Thanks & mdash; warning
The City Duma of Shakhty responded to the volunteer’s activity with a letter to his address. His work, in fact, was recognized as illegal and dangerous both for himself and for automobile traffic.
& laquo;I express my gratitude for the & nbsp; indifference and & nbsp;attention paid to problematic areas of automotive work», & nbsp; & mdash; I wrote to him glava of the city of Shakhty & mdash; Chairman of the City Duma Andrey Gortsevskaya.
Then, in a letter, the volunteer was reminded of the federal laws on Road safety and the Code on Administrative Violations. The point is that his activities may fall under penalties.
The pensioner received a letter from the City Duma. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin
“The letter says that there are fines for damage to roads and intentional interference with the creation of traffic, including by polluting the roadway with foreign objects. In all cases, I have not violated these rules, says an unauthorized asphalt paver. Before repairing the pits, I am recommended to apply for a permit to the Department of Urban Economy.
In a conversation with a correspondent АиФ.ги Alexander Titov focuses on the following details.
“Before repairing, I paid attention to the fact that there was no transport, and if I appeared, I went to the side so as not to interfere with the passage. I eliminated all the holes on secondary and general roads where there is no heavy traffic.
People’s Controller
The news that the volunteer was banned from small-scale repairs quickly spread in the city.
At the moment of our conversation, the residents of the city and a traffic police officer came to the asphalterer.
“I came to Alexander Vasilyevich on the instructions of the prosecutor’s office, which is dissatisfied with the way the city administration performs road repairs, citizens are forced to eliminate holes on the roads themselves,” explains АиФ.ги traffic police inspector of Shakhty for road supervision Sergey Gorbunov.
A retired volunteer gave the inspector a disk with a photo report on the results of his raid. On it are comments and characteristics of dangerous pits.
& laquo;Here’s my phone for you, we will cooperate, you will see a hole & nbsp; & mdash; signal, & mdash;the traffic police inspector is communicating with Alexander Titov. — I will transmit the information to the administration. There are regulations on the repair of roads, if they do not have time to eliminate the shortcomings, then we will influence them through the prosecutor’s office!»
The inspector offered the pensioner to be the people’s controller.
The neighbor of the volunteerLyudmila Viktorovna joins our conversation.
The pensioner on his Oka knows all the pits of the city of Shakhty. Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin
“I live with Alexander Vasilyevich in the same entrance,” explains a resident of the Mines. & mdash; He is a good fellow, persistent, does not get away from problems, he fills up holes several times. At least someone would help him! On the contrary, the comrades from the administration building say that it is impossible for him to fill up the holes, because this is how they keep his health, like, so that the car does not hit him!”
Another came to the volunteer with a specific offerretired, Nikolai Vazhenin. He handed his countryman a piece of paper with addresses where there are open hatches on the roads.
& laquo;All hope is on & nbsp; Alexander Vasilyevich, his power has heard and & nbsp; reacts to & nbsp;his activities, & nbsp; & mdash; explains the man. I also ask him to pay attention to the traffic light crossing, where the dirt on the knee does not go to moms with strollers and schoolchildren.
The paradox is that in the administration there are people with opportunities, experience and financial capabilities. It turned out that the residents of the Mines do not notice the work of road workers much, and they noticed a pensioner with a cart.
Electrical volunteers may appear
Chairman of the City Duma & nbsp; & mdash; head of the city of Shakhty Andrey Gortsevskoy talked to journalists. He is surprised by such a huge attention to the situation from the media and citizens.
«We thanked Alexander Vasilyevich for his work. To say that we will award him a fine is not true, because it is not our authority. This is the authority of the city administration, and we are the legislators. We explained to him what he might face. When going out on a road with heavy traffic, you need to observe safety precautions.
The volunteer repaired 30 holes on the roads and received dozens of thanks from fellow countrymen Photo: AiF/Vitaly Kolbasin
Andrey Gortsevskoy continued: “We proceeded from the fact that the life of drivers and his own is the most important thing. To carry out such work, you need to have the appropriate permission, to inform the traffic police, not to create traffic jams. Its activities may be subject to administrative fines.
The chairman of the City Duma also drew attention to the fact that the work of a pensioner may be unsafe for citizens.
& laquo;Its technology — old pieces of asphalt are covered with an old halyard & mdash; is not safe for traffic. We may also have electrical volunteers… We must do such work within the framework of the legislation, so that there is order.
Andrey Gortsevskoy suggested that pensioner Alexander Titov cooperate with the city authorities to photograph pits on roads and monitor road works, instead of repairing streets at his own expense.
The head of the City Duma explained why there is such a deplorable state of roads in the mines
“There are enough problems.& nbsp;20 & nbsp;years ago, all the coal enterprises in the city were liquidated, on which the infrastructure was maintained & mdash;these remnants still affect. About 50 million rubles a year have been allocated from the city budget for pit repairs, which is very small. The city is stretched across the villages where the mines worked, and this is another difficulty in the maintenance of the roadway.
Completed the five-year plan ahead of schedule
Alexander Titov has temporarily suspended his activities today. For repairs, you need warm weather so that the asphalt crumbs “grab” like concrete, yes, and there is no material nearby.
He was enthusiastic about his new role as a public controller.
“After the agronomist, I worked as an inspector-photographer in the household services of the population,” he recalls. During the Soviet times, he carried out a large social burden, was a member of the trade union committee, chairman of the commission on labor protection. His 12th five-year plancompleted for 3 years and 10 months, for which he received the title of “Excellent Student of consumer services of the population”. Therefore, for me, being a controller is a familiar state.
