HS Espoo | People are constantly shouting in the deplorable stairs in the suburbs of Espoo: “How can such a central place in Olari be completely dark?”

Espoo resident Hannele Vuori, 69, kneeled after falling in Olari’s Kuitinmäki stairs on a shopping trip a few days before Christmas.

The foot blew from below at six o’clock in the evening, when the stairs were not even, and the holes in the concrete came as a surprise to the mountain walking from the mailboxes. The impact of the knee on the ground with sharp sanding caused bruising but fortunately no worse.

The mountain fell in Kuitinmäki on the stairs next to Kuunkehrä Street, which run from the parking lot to the commercial building on the side of the R-kiosk and the chapel.

Stairs are According to the mountain, they are dangerous, especially in the dark, as pieces have been cracked at the edges of the concrete stairs. This is difficult to detect because, according to the mountain, the lighting at the stairs is poor. The unevenness of the stairs may not be noticed even if it has snowed on them.

The mountain is reportedly not the only one to have fallen in the same crabs.

“That’s exactly how I saw the crash in the same crabs, the younger man went up the stairs and went bumpy at the same point. The stairs are snowy, so you don’t see the point, indifferent, that nothing will be done about it, ”Commented On Facebook in connection with the publication of his fall.

The maintenance of Espoo’s streets, squares and light traffic lanes is the responsibility of the city, but the owner of the property is responsible for his plot connection and other maintenance work on the border between his own plot and the public street.

HS called the city and asked if the area belonged to it. The customer service found out from the street maintenance map that the area is not the responsibility of the city but of the property owner. The owner is Kiinteistöosakeyhtiö Kuunsilta, whose contact information is reported as c / o Braleva Kiinteistöpalvelut.

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“I wonder how such a central place in Olari can be quite dark.”

Also Since the fall, the mountain has been trying to figure out to whom maintenance of the stairs and their lighting is included.

Vuori says that he was in contact with Braleva, who again was asked to contact the Kotikatu service company.

“I called yesterday [tiistaina 28.12.] to Kotikatu, but from there did not answer the phone and did not know why it had not been taken care of. Yes, he promised to call the maintenance man again, ”says Vuori.

“The bulbs haven’t been replaced, but the situation is a little better now that the snow is shining. How can such a central place in Olari be quite dark, ”Vuori said during the day on Wednesday.

“Concrete slabs are missing from the stairs at one point, and at other points they are broken, that pieces are missing. Why can’t it be put in order?” The mountain asks.

Kotikatu company chief operating officer Sakari Pietilä emphasizes that the maintenance contract with the company that owns the property includes hand snow on the stairs and anti-slip during the winter.

“And then this stair structure itself is the responsibility of the property, ie it belongs to the real estate company,” says Pietilä.

According to Pietilä, there has been talk of the poor condition of the stairs in the yard meetings of the maintenance company and the property owner, but the property owner has not corrected them.

“We have maintenance and we will do maintenance repairs if we are asked to do so, but no stairs have been requested.”

According to Pietilä, the stairs in that place are steep, as delivery cars bring goods to the commercial property and their drivers have lowered the stern of the cars up the stairs.

“They have suffered from it. And I’ve heard that a car has sometimes driven down those stairs. ”

Pietilä says that there is one lamp near the stairs. Replacing its lamp is part of Kotikatu’s maintenance contract.

“The staff on Kotikatu has found the lamp to be defective when replacing the lamp, so replacing the lamp will not bring in more light until the lamp itself is in order. After the detection, the information about the fault in the luminaire has been passed on to the owner, who is responsible for repairing the lamp, ”says Pietilä.

Moon Bridge property Chairman of the Board Matti Järveläinen according to the housing association has agreed with the maintenance company to repair the stairs, but the matter has not been handled.

Järveläinen says that the property is changing from a maintenance company from Kotikatu to Olari’s maintenance on January 1.

“I’m sorry if something happened to someone there,” Järveläinen says.

According to him, the housing company will map out with the new maintenance company in January what can be done to the stairs.

“They will be fixed as soon as possible. A warning sign must be placed before repairs. ”