Paul Tounsend of Snohomish writes: The state puts de-icer on the roads through the passes in the winter. This liquid is very corrosive; it will rust out a truck in two to three years — the ...

Responding to concerns raised by Colorado Motor Carriers Assn. and others, the Colorado Department of Transportation will be using a new liquid de-icer product this winter.

Akron to use beet juice in road deicer. Published: Nov. 28, 2007, 7:34 p.m. By . Sarah Hollander; Moms have always appreciated the value of the oft-maligned beet.

Sometimes, the city uses liquid deicer on main streets before a storm comes to prevent snow and ice from bonding to the pavement, according to the DOTI website. This practice is rare in Denver.

Flathead County plans to test liquid de-icer on some county roads during the winter of 2012-13, Public Works Director Dave Prunty told commissioners recently. It can work in temperatures as low as ...

While state highway workers are running low on liquid de-icer due to frequent snowstorms, Fort Collins has more than enough because the city makes its own. De-icer is essentially saltwater with a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane Streets Department is proposing a shift in its approach to winter road maintenance. The department aims to use more granular deicer, a change that has ...

“Road salt itself loses about 70% of its effectiveness between 25 and 20 degrees," Zach Clothier told FOX 17. "So, in order to have the same level of service for a road commission, for instance ...

Drive through Ohio in winter and chances are you'll see an Ohio Department of Transportation truck spraying the roads with some kind of deicer. Most of the time, it's a mixture of rock salt and ...

Salem crews deploy deicer and ready plows as forecasts predict up to 3 inches of snow and freezing rain, while utility companies prepare for potential outages. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Paul Tounsend of Snohomish writes: The state Department of Transportation puts de-icer on the roads through the passes in the winter. This liquid is very corrosive, it will rust out a truck in two ...