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A sweet solution: Why crews used molasses on roads in a major Kentucky city
Louisville used molasses-enhanced magnesium chloride brine on 900 miles of roads before switching to calcium chloride to improve ice and snow control during the storm.
- In Louisville, Kentucky, crews pretreated 900 miles of roads with brine that was added to the brine to help it better stick, with Mayor Craig Greenberg saying, 'Yes, molasses.'
- Explaining the additive, Mayor Craig Greenberg said, `Yes, molasses,` and added it helps the brine better stick to the road as an adhesive.
- After pretreatment, crews switched to calcium chloride salt to melt snow at extremely low temperatures.
- The pretreatment meant brine was ready to do its job during the initial hours of the snowstorm, ensuring early effectiveness on 900 miles of roads.
- Though uncommon, molasses has been used as a sweet additive in brines because salt is commonly used for snow and ice but sometimes, you need something sweet.
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A sweet solution: Why crews used molasses on roads in a major Kentucky city
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