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Unidentified speaker describes salt-brine use to reduce road ice and cut salt use
Summary
An unidentified meeting speaker said applying salt brine before storms prevents ice from bonding to pavement, can cut salt use by about 40% per lane mile and saves “hundreds and hundreds of tons” of salt; exact cost, procurement details and departmental affiliation were not specified.
An unidentified speaker said the most difficult winter maintenance challenge in Kansas is ice and described using salt brine to pre-treat roads to prevent ice adhesion.
"The most difficult thing we deal with by far is ice," the speaker said, adding that brine "provides that layer of protection on the roads to keep the ice from actually sticking to the pavement." The speaker said…
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