WINTER SANDING OPERATIONS AND AIR POLLUTION

DATA FROM WINTER SANDING OPERATIONS IN MONTANA SHOW THAT THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE OPERATIONS MAY BE REDUCED, BUT NOT ELIMINATED, SIMPLY BY REDUCING THE DUST IN THE APPLIED "SAND." STREET CLEANING MUST BE DONE AS SOON AS THE SNOW AND ICE MELT AND SWEEPERS CAN BEGIN TO WORK. THE LONGER THE LOOSE ANTISKID MATERIAL LIES ON THE STREET, THE GREATER THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM BECOMES. ANOTHER BENEFIT DERIVED FROM STREET SWEEPING IS THE REMOVAL OF PARTICLES LARGE ENOUGH TO ROLL UNDER THE TIRES AND PRODUCE SKIDDING. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE USING ALTERNATIVES TO SANDING AND APPLYING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SAND WITH AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM OF FINES. /HRB/

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• Authors:
  • Brant, L A
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 94-7
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Highway maintenance; Sanding; Skidding; Snow and ice control
• Old TRIS Terms: Street maintenance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219019
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 3 1973 12:00AM