Recently, 2 Johnston-VT-650-MAZ-5551 vacuum-sweeping-cleaning machines were purchased at the expense of the local budget. The technical novelty, its specifics and operational features were presented visually: one of the machines was cleaning the roadway and sidewalk in the very center of the city, opposite the Central Department Store.
Deputy Mayor of Lutsk Leonid Kyryltchuk reported that the acquisition of such special machines into the communal property of the city is one of the elements of reforming the housing and communal services of the Volyn regional center. The Johnston-VT-650-MAZ-5551 vacuum-sweeping-cleaning machines were purchased based on tender results. As for the purely technical characteristics of these so-called "mechanical janitors," it is worth noting that the width of road cleaning from the curb is 2.3 meters. The improved "Green Engine" meets the latest international environmental standards. During trial cleanings in Lutsk, 6.5 cubic meters of garbage were collected in 3 hours. The cleaning speed is from 0.9 to 5-7 kilometers of road per hour (depending on the level of contamination of the area). That is, in a day of work (and the vacuum-sweeping-cleaning machines will operate in three shifts), it is realistically possible to clean up to 40 kilometers of city streets. The vacuum-sweeping-cleaning machines will primarily travel on streets where public transport traffic is most concentrated. Moreover, on the busiest streets such as Voli Avenue, the machines will work at night.
Leonid Kyryltchuk also reported that the acquisition of vacuum-sweeping-cleaning machines will not complete the renewal of Lutsk's technical fleet. Thus, already this year, at the expense of the local budget, it is planned to buy 2 modern garbage trucks and 3 trolleybuses.