SALT SOLUTIONS - STATEWIDE SALT AND SAND REDUCTION INITIATIVE

This report evaluates the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Salt Solutions program over the past two years. The evaluation documents the components of the program, describes the technology, and provides a detailed cost-benefit analysis. Recognizing the potential to reduce the level of salt and sand use, the maintenance division began a reduction initiative in District 1 during the 1996-97 snow and ice season. The Salt Solutions program sought to develop a set of tools and a system that allowed operators to make better application rate decisions, support those tools and systems with ongoing training, develop controls and measurements to track the effectiveness of the tools and training, and recognize improved performance. The program expanded statewide in the 1997-98 winter season. Results of this evaluation show that the program is a cost-effective means of reducing the amount of salt and sand applied to Minnesota roadways while still maintaining a safe operating environment. In its first year, the program saved an estimated $177,000.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dot.state.mn.us/research/pdf/1998-20.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21300/21337/PB99112021.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  SRF Consulting Group, Incorporated

  One Carlson Parkway North, Suite 150
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55477-4443

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Masoud, O
  • Papanikolopoulos, N
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Equipment; Infrared detectors; Salts; Sand; Snow and ice control; Technology; Temperature sensors; Training; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00759262
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC-1998/20,, Final Report
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 27 1999 12:00AM