Tag: winter maintenance

When winter grips Minnesota, icy roads pose serious safety risks. From car crashes to slowed commutes, slippery streets affect everyone’s safety and mobility. To combat slippery streets, road maintenance teams […]

A long-awaited smart salting bill appears to be moving forward with bipartisan support in the Minnesota Legislature. On Feb. 16, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization staff testified in support of HF2908/SF2768 […]

This month’s intense cold snap has made removing ice from sidewalks and driveways trickier than usual. That’s because rock salt and other deicing products often fail to work in extreme […]

Do you have a sidewalk covered in compacted snow and/or ice? If your shovel can’t quite do the job, try an ice chisel instead! Also known as an ice scraper […]

This month, the City of Fridley began deploying a fleet of upgraded snow plow trucks that will do a better job of keeping ice off the roads while also reducing […]

If you’re from the Twin Cities, you’re likely no stranger to the hazards posed by icy pavement. Salt and deicers may seem like necessary evils when it comes to keeping […]

I was recently cleaning out my garage and came across a container of a certain “environmentally safe” ice-melt product. I bought it years ago — long before I started working […]