SPR-4808: Reducing the Dependency on Chlorides & Impacts

This project will develop an agency-level program initiative to reduce the use and impacts of chlorides while not compromising the state’s traffic safety and flows in winter times. A three-pronged approach will be used to aid INDOT in developing this future strategy: (i) a comprehensive and comparative analysis of different de-/anti-icing materials and their impacts; (ii) an analysis of operational rules, methods, and tools that crew and staff use in the stages of storage, transporting, and application of chlorides, and (iii) development of a pilot “awareness” program for the INDOT workforce that promotes a culture of sensitivity and discreteness toward salt usage.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $149738
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4808

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Labi, Samuel

  Shah, Amisha

  Yu, David J

• Start Date: 20240101
• Expected Completion Date: 20250430
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chlorides; Deicing chemicals; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01890956
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4808
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 24 2023 3:06PM