Made In EG: DOT’s New Road Salt ‘Brine’ [VIDEO]
No, not Salty Brine. Rather, it's a new process that's lowered the amount of salt needed to treat roads, saving money and helping reduce environmental costs too.
In a corner of East Greenwich that many residents don’t realize is part of EG, the state Department of Transportation is making a road salt brine that has transformed how many state roads are treated before and during snow storms. RIDOT has a facility behind the McDonalds on New London Turnpike, across the street from the Centre of New England shopping plaza. (Many people assume that’s whole area is part of Coventry. Most is, but the McDonald’s, the DOT facility and even Cracker Barrel across the street are in East Greenwich.) And recently the facility was in the news – both EcoRI and the Providence Journal wrote about the relatively new “Brine Boss” contraption there that makes salt water that can be spread on roads before snow falls, …
Beverly Castelli
2:49 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
I live in Huntingburg, IN and we started using it this year; although our sister town; Jasper, IN has used it for a number of years........it works! If memory serves me correct, I think at one time beets or a derivative was used......the locals used to say.....here comes the Beet juice"..........I have lived here since 04-05 more ›