Anti-icing of Local Roads: A Manual of Practice

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.1-1

1.1 PURPOSE OF THE MANUAL.1-1

1.2 MANUAL SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION.1-1

2. ANTI-ICING PROGRAMS2-1

2.1 LEVELS OF SERVICE.2-1

2.2 STORM CONDITIONS.2-1

2.3 ANTI-ICING AND DEICING.2-2

2.4 ANTI-ICING AS A SYSTEMATIC PRACTICE2-2

2.5 ABRASIVES USE.2-2

3. ANTI-ICING PROGRAM COMPONENTS3-1

3.1 OPERATIONS COMPONENT3-1

3.1.1 Solid chemical applications capability3-1

3.1.1.1 Solid materials.3-2

3.1.1.2 Equipment3-2

Solid material spreaders3-2

Solid chemical storage facilities3-3

3.1.2 Prewetted solid chemical application.3-4

3.1.2.1 Materials3-4

Solid materials and gradation.3-4

Prewetting solutions3-4

3.1.2.2 Prewetting techniques and equipment3-5

Prewetting of stockpiles.3-5

Prewetting of a load or while loading.3-5

Prewetting by spreader spray systems.3-6

3.1.3 Plowing capability3-7

3.1.3.1 Snowplow Types.3-7

3.1.3.2 Cutting edges.3-7

3.2 DECISION-MAKING COMPONENT.3-7

3.2.1 Weather forecasts.3-7

3.2.2 Road and road weather information3-8

3.2.2.1 Road information3-8

3.3 PERSONNEL COMPONENT3-8

3.3.1 Trained personnel for anti-icing decision making and operations3-9

3.3.2 Deployment of personnel.3-9

4. RECOMMENDED ANTI-ICING PRACTICES4-1

4.1 INITIAL OPERATION.4-1

4.1.1 Apply chemical.4-2

4.1.2 Recommendations.4-2

4.1.3 Plow only.4-2

4.1.4 Do nothing.4-3

4.2 SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS4-3

4.2.1 Monitoring of conditions.4-3

4.2.2 Action4-3

4.2.2.1 Apply chemical.4-3

4.2.2.2 Plow4-4

4.2.2.3 Do nothing.4-4

4.3 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS4-4

4.3.1 Traffic4-4

4.3.2 Wind4-4

4.3.3 Hybrid precipitation events.4-5

4.3.4 Prewetting quantities.4-5

4.3.5 Development of snowpack and bond4-5

4.3.6 Use of abrasives4-6

4.4 POST-STORM ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONS.4-6

APPENDIX A. CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FREEZING-POINTS.A-1

A.1 INTRODUCTIONA-1

A.2 NaCl AND CaCl2A-2

APPENDIX B. CHEMICAL APPLICATION RATES.B-1

B.1 INTRODUCTIONB-1

B.2 GUIDANCE FOR ANTI-ICING OPERATIONS.B-1

B.3 OTHER CHEMICALS.B-3