An experiment was conducted in the road district of Kuopio in the winters of 1992–1993 and
1993–1994 in which the use of salt in winter maintenance on rural main roads was reduced
to 1 to 2 T/road kilometer from the approximately 10 T of salt that typically had been used per
road kilometer in similar conditions in recent years. On the experimental roads, salting was
replaced by sanding. The cost of winter maintenance on the experimental roads increased
by 20 percent on average, and the increase was higher on roads with higher traffic volumes …

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