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Dindsight is a great thing when it conies to such planning. But many authorities are having to deal with weather patterns that are changing faster than many meteorological experts had predicted. Thankfully, winter road maintenance planning is now less an art and more a science due to better weather forecasting, improved mobile sensing for highway surface conditions and even self-de-icing pavement. As indicated by the front cover of this year's Road Surface Technology Review, we have articles on winter maintenance. It is all part of the greater issue of sustainability, including a reduction in carbon footprints - from road construction to road use. Iterchimica's research and trials with self-de-icing pavement have been paying dividends for local authorities that wrestle with ensuring the safest possible winter road conditions. If a road authority could stop road-ice build-up in the first place, the reduction in the amount of salt and other de-icing material as well as financial costs - not to mention lives saved - would be enormous. |