Cutting the Salt in Winter Road Maintenance

Cutting the Salt in Winter Road Maintenance - State of the Planet

Road salt is an inexpensive and effective deicer, and the amount of it poured onto roads nationwide has skyrocketed over recent years.

Road Salt: Tips for municipalities, highway departments, and winter ...

Pre-wetting salt before roadway application can reduce salt infiltration to aquifers by 5%. Pre-wetting salt allows it to stick better to the road, which ...

Cities Are Cutting the Salt from their Winter Road Diets

The chemicals used to keep roads clear and commerce flowing during snow season have contaminated urban groundwater supply and mutated wildlife.

Best Ways and Reasons to Reduce Road Salt Usage

The use of anti-icing liquids is part of a broader effort to adopt more sustainable and efficient winter road maintenance practices. Contour ...

Pros & Cons of Road Salt in Winter - Bridgestone Tires

During the winter, road salt is applied to the roadway to melt snow and ice. For regions that experience frequent snowstorms, salting can ...

Winter is Coming! And with it, tons of salt on our roads | US EPA

Nearly half a million tons is used annually in Massachusetts alone for winter road maintenance. ... reduce the use of road salt. These include upgrading ...

Tips for Winter Maintenance Professionals to Reduce Use of Road Salt

Between 2020 and 2023, the community of Hyde Park, Vermont, cut its road salt use by almost 50% by using a suite of best practices. They calibrate equipment, ...

Road Salt Best Practices - Izaak Walton League

The Lake George Association in New York developed Winter Road Maintenance Best Practices for Water Quality Protection to reduce salt use. Best practices ...

Getting Salty With Winter Road Maintenance - AIP.ORG

“It depends on the roadway, but pre-wetting [the roadways] can reduce the amount of salt we use by 30 percent because it prevents salt from ...

Looking into Road Salt Use, Harms, and Alternatives - NiCHE

Municipalities and highway authorities get into action using mechanical methods of snow removal and applying de-icing salt on our roads and ...

Snowy Towns are Weaning Themselves Off Road Salt this Winter

The most effective way to cut back on salt may be a more fundamental change in how it's applied. Spraying brines—roughly one part salt to three ...

Salt vs. Sand for Winter Road Safety - Cargill

Sand is the original winter maintenance material. Sand is the first material that was used to help increase the friction of icy road surfaces in the winter.

The Trouble with Winter Road Salt - Lake George Association

As most people know, road salt is applied to road surfaces in the winter to disrupt the freezing cycle, allowing plows to remove ice and snow before it ...

Materials: Environment - Clear Roads

While salt and other deicers are effective at making winter roads safer for travel, they can negatively impact the natural environment.

Winter highway maintenance strategies: Are all the sodium chloride ...

Use of salts, eventually combined to abrasives (sand and different types of crushed rock) to enhance traction on ice-covered roadways, is a ...

Mid-Winter Checkup - Roads and Bridges

Road salt is the most effective and economical de-icing solution for agencies conducting winter road maintenance. A common practice in many ...

Reduce Salt Use This Winter | Wisconsin DNR

Nationwide, winter salt causes $5 billion in damage to infrastructure each year, causing corrosion on bridges, roads and other infrastructure.

SALT: The perfect winter road maintenance solution! - YouTube

Salt is the perfect de-icing solution for any winter maintenance plans for local authorities ❄ ⚠ Find out why by watching this video.

Worth its salt. Research aims to reduce road salt impacts

When old man winter wallops the northland, keeping roads safe for drivers is a top priority for road maintenance crews.

Let's Talk About Salt | NH LAKES

Winter in New Hampshire brings picturesque snowfall but also demands careful management of snow and ice on roads for the safety of residents.