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原文传递 The Winter's Tale: To plough or not to plough?

题名：	The Winter's Tale: To plough or not to plough?
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	As another winter season draws to a close, winter practitioners turn to reviewing what went well and what can be improved. This winter has been a 'stop, start' affair for many, punctuated with some very challenging cold periods. It was particularly challenging in areas where snow was involved, followed by freezing temperatures, creating compacted ice and the inevitable backlash from the public and media. This occurrence was widespread enough to prompt the question: Whatever happened to snow ploughing?' I've been fortunate to spend 22 years working in the UK winter service industry - selling salt, importing salt and in 2011 starting Winter Service Solutions. Through all that time I've seen a lot of positive change within winter service, which is why this winter feels frustrating. The frustration grows as so much help, guidance and solutions are available. Rewind to 2019 and we had the publication of the National Winter Service Research Group's Practical Guide, particularly Chapter 9 - Treatment for Snow and Ice. This excellent document, giving comprehensive guidance for winter service practitioners, supported by our commercial sector, was years in the making. It states: 'It is impractical to spread sufficient salt to melt anything other than very thin layers of snow and ice, and ploughing (or, in certain circumstances, cutting and blowing) is the only effective way to deal with more than a few millimetres of snow.' Go back even further, we had the Quarmby Winter Resilience Review in 2010, which references snow ploughing - we even had a review of the review!
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Highways
卷：	92
期：	2
页码：	40-40