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Road Salt Impact Assessment

Project Details
STATE

ME

SOURCE

RIP

START DATE

02/28/20

END DATE

02/01/22

RESEARCHERS

University of Maine

SPONSORS

Maine Department of Transportation

KEYWORDS

Deicing chemicals, Environmental impacts, Financing, Highway safety, Impacts, Level of service, Water wells, Weather and climate, Winter maintenance

LINKS

Project webpage

Project description

The overall goal of this project is to inform public policy in Maine regarding winter road maintenance. The project will consider state and municipal funding, levels of service, environmental impacts associated with the use of road salt and other anti-icing agents, the impact of anti-icing agents on wells used for drinking water along roads maintained by Maine Department of Transportation, safety to drivers and how changes in weather may impact anti-icing activities.
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