Forget about rock salt -- the next time you need to de-ice your driveway, turn to this alternative that works faster (and in ...

Last week’s column described what highway departments must consider where snowstorms are an annual event. In this article, we deal with the pluses and minuses of using sand versus salt to treat roads ...

Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made of. Engineers have known for some time that ...

(WWLP) – Snow and rain from Monday’s storm froze as temperatures dropped overnight, 22News is working for you with several ice melt options that will affect the way it reacts to surfaces. Temperatures ...

Icy stairs and sidewalks are terrifying to navigate on foot, not to mention dangerous. And the experts agree that rock salt (sodium chloride) is about the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to make ice ...

In a new study, Drexel University engineers have identified an odd weapon to neutralize some of the damaging effects of salt: bacteria. When the researchers made concrete using a certain type of ...

The City of Edmonton will continue to use calcium chloride on its roads this winter, but it hopes to use less than last year. The city gave an update on its snow and ice policy at a news conference ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Peter Bailey, of Pete’s Auto Sales & Service in Windham, is baffled. The ...

BOONE COUNTY, Ky. — As the Tri-State prepares for heavy snow and ice, local counties are working hard to keep roads as safe as possible for the drivers. Boone County Public Works began plowing and pre ...

Never in recent Boise history has calcium chloride been so beloved — and so out of reach. Ice-melting products have flown off the shelves of Treasure Valley hardware stores and supermarkets, leaving ...

Engineers have known for some time that calcium chloride salt, commonly used as deicer, reacts with the calcium hydroxide in concrete to form a chemical byproduct that causes roadways to crumble. A ...