Roads and streets

Municipal zoning roads

The municipality builds and maintains most of the streets, pedestrian and bicycle paths, and street lighting in the zoning area. Some of the roads and pedestrian and bicycle paths in the zoning area are part of the roads managed by ELY.

Keskustie and Kurjentie, along with their pedestrian and bicycle paths, are still owned by the ELY Centre, but the maintenance of the roads is the responsibility of the municipality.

Maintenance and repair of street lighting are carried out as purchased services.

Municipal Zoning Road Winter Maintenance 2025 – 2027

The winter maintenance contractor for the zoning roads is Tmi Jorma Kaasila, + 358 400 926 316, jorma.kaasila@luukku.com

Maintenance is carried out as follows:

• Plowing begins when the snowfall reaches 6 cm or in areas where snow significantly hinders movement.
• The main roads and pedestrian paths (Siltatie-Itäpuolentie) must be cleared by 7:00 AM when 4 cm of snow has fallen.
• The roads should be plowed within 6 hours after the rain ends.
• The slipperiness of planned roads and pedestrian and bicycle paths is addressed when necessary by roughening or sanding.

Road user’s line

For public roads (managed by the ELY Centre), inquiries related to road conditions and traffic issues can be directed to the road user’s line at 0200 2100 (24 hours) or via the website  palautevayla.fi.

From the zoning area, the roads maintained by the ELY include Palonperäntie, as well as Siltatie and Itäpuolentie with their pedestrian and cycling paths.

Private road grants

The Technical Committee grants subsidies for the maintenance of private roads within the framework of appropriations and the criteria for granting assistance. More detailed information on the matter can be found on the municipality’s grants page (currently in Finnish, translation in English will be coming soon). Go to the page from here.

In addition, ELY Centres annually grant subsidies for the improvement projects of privately-owned roads eligible for state aid. More information can be found on the ELY Centre’s private road subsidies page (in Finnish). Go to the page from here.

Light motorcycle routes in the municipalities of Lapland

Press release from the Lapland ELY Centre, 4 August 2016:

During the summer, the Lapland ELY Centre has commissioned its local contractors to carry out changes to the signage of light motorcycle routes on the road network, which will mostly be completed before schools start. The modification work is finished in Tunturi-Lapland, Northern Lapland, and Ranua. In the Pello-Ylitornio area, the work will be completed this week, and in the Sea Lapland area, the modifications are in the final stages. In the Kemijärvi-Posio area, the sections around schools will be finished before schools start, with the rest completed immediately afterwards. In the Rovaniemi area, the changes were carried out a few years ago.

Municipalities have aimed to make changes to their street networks on the same schedule. Information about the changes is provided in the Lapland ELY Centre publication ’Moporeitit Lapin kunnissa’ (Light Motorcycle Routes in Lapland Municipalities) and on the municipalities’ websites, as well as communicated to schools and educational institutions.

The aim of the change has been to standardize and update the signage for light motorcycle routes and to improve the safety of movement for light motorcycle riders, pedestrians, and cyclists. Moving light motorcycles onto the roadway clarifies the light motorcycle’s status as a motorized vehicle in traffic and emphasizes the light motorcycle rider’s responsibility in traffic. Car drivers can notice light motorcycles more easily, and paths for light traffic remain available for pedestrians and cyclists. The reform is also supported by the decrease in light motorcycle accidents in areas where light motorcycles have already mostly been moved onto the roadway.

The Lapland light motorcycle route plan is based on the guidance provided by the Finnish Transport Agency in 2013, which states that, especially in urban areas, the place for light motorcycle is on the roadway.