SUMMIT COUNTY – As long as the Colorado Department of Transportation has been spraying liquid de-icers on roadways, some drivers have hated the stuff. But Department of Transportation – also known as ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – As long as the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been spraying liquid de-icers on roadways, drivers have hated the stuff. But CDOT officials hope a new ad campaign will ...

EAGLE COUNTY – Dowd Junction is getting de-iced.In August, crews began installing an automatic de-icing system in the Dowd Junction bridge. The system can detect when conditions are ripe for ice and ...

Street Smarts reader Lee Peterson, of Snohomish, writes: “During our recent period of below freezing temperatures we saw the road maintenance crews applying a liquid de-icer to bridges and raised ...

I wanted to respond to the issues you raise in your editorial, “CDOT Questions,” dated Jan. 27. With respect to the signal issue, we are aware of the inefficiencies with our camera-detection signals ...

A light snow year doesn’t mean Missoula’s Street Maintenance Division can save money on de-icer. Last year, street superintendent Brian Hensel got the green light to use granular salt on the roads.

Editor's Note: Periodic car washing can help offset costly, dangerous rust issues Millions of Americans face pricey vehicle repairs from rust damage every year, and the chemicals used to de-ice ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - City of Missoula plow crews have been busy in the last week keeping up with the snow, ice and low temperatures. Those temps play a key role in what kind of product they can use on ...

But Department of Transportation – also known as CDOT – hopes a new ad campaign will convince them otherwise. Magnesium chloride has long been used along state highways to lower the freezing point of ...