6 SNOW AND ICE CONTROL STRATEGIES

Oregon DOT's Dick Parker and Washington DOT's Dale Keep offer six points of interest when considering anti-icing and other snow and ice control strategies. (1) Anti-icing is effective and cost efficient when correctly used and approached with realistic expectations; (2) Anti-icing should be first in a series of strategies for each winter storm; (3) Liquid chemicals are better than solids for anti-icing; (4) Sales personnel should not raise false expectations by oversimplifying the use of deicer chemicals; (5) It is extremely important that some sales staff do not continue to present their products as a panacea with a one-application-rate-fits-all-conditions approach; (6) Decisions on snow and ice control strategies need to be based on total cost rather than just the purchase price of a chemical.

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• Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 21
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Deicing chemicals; Snow and ice control; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Oregon; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00750396
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1998 12:00AM