1. ENHANCED WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP
OACES 2017
ENHANCED WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP
Winter Roadway Safety
Snow & Ice Removal
Anti-icing Pre-treatments
Materials Storage & Handling
“When & Where to do What”
Newer Products for the Northwest
Hidden & Real Costs
Expected Winter Service Levels

2. Winter Challenges Jay Wells Lynn Peterson Chris Christopher
Maintenance Superintendent Secretary of Transportation Director of Maintenance

3. Winter Roadway Safety Snow & Ice Plan (checklist)
Tailgate Safety Meetings
Pre-Winter Meetings (WSP, Local Fire, Etc)
Document activities

4. Objectives of Winter Operations?
Keep roads open for safe and reliable winter travel
Provide appropriate and consistent messaging
Protect the environment
Manage people and resources
Document activities

5. Challenges Long or Short List
Budget (Not Enough Money)
Equipment (Good, Bad, Ugly)
Materials (What Should We Use)
Training
Risks

6. Risks Weather related accidents Vehicle corrosion Avalanches (WSDOT)
Injuries to employees
Environmental effects

7. Public Expectations
Have you created an expectation for full winter-time mobility, such that the closure or restrictions of highways is uncommon except for the most severe circumstances.
Bare and wet roads are the rule rather than the exception so when snow or ice covered roads are encountered, the inexperienced winter time traveler is frequently unprepared to handle the conditions.

8. Bad Things Happen to Good Agencies

9. Road Condition Rating for Chemical Treatment
Do You Have A Plan?
Roadway Treatment Goals
Level of Service (LOS) Measurements
Data Collection Process
Weather Forecasting
Training & Annual Procedures Review
Material Storage & Sampling
Application Guidelines
Road Condition Rating for Chemical Treatment
Points
LOS Rating
Bare Pavement 1 A+
Patches of frost, black ice, slush, or compact.
1.5 A
Wheel tracks bare, frost, snow, or ice encountered. 2 B+
50% of roadway with compact snow and ice. 3 C+
Entire roadway covered with compact snow & ice. 4 D+
Unable to evaluate -

10. (WSDOT Snow & Ice Plan Example)
Planning
(WSDOT Snow & Ice Plan Example)
This section is primarily a blueprint for an agency to conduct the year round activities that relate to snow & ice control. A good approach is to use the four seasons of the calendar year to describe agency activities that should be accomplished in a timely manner in those time frames.
Spring activities may include:
Equipment breakdown and storage
Materials inventory
Review the effectiveness of operational procedures

11. Operator Training Snow and ice plan reviews Maintenance manual
Application guidelines
Annual review of procedures
Pre-winter meetings with crew and managers
Pre-winter material stock-up
Equipment preparation and calibration
On the job training
Snow camp and snow college

12. Weather Do you have a forecast provider/s
Road/Weather Information Stations
Traffic cameras
Other agencies
Media/Weather Channels
Traveling public (Social Media)

13. Material / Contingencies
Rock Salt
Solar Salt
Salt Brine Blends
Liquid Calcium Chloride
Liquid Magnesium Chloride
Corrosion Inhibitor Products
Sand
Cost/s

14. Storage Containment (NPDES)

15. Equipment and Technology
Application Equipment
Calibration Stations
Precision controllers
AVL/GPS Program (Manual ok)
Data collection processes

16. Data Collection Data means dollars!
Can be used in defense of tort claims.
Helps with development of budget requests and defining impacts of budget reductions.
Measures the effectiveness of agency operations.
Measurement of the success or failure of process improvements/changes.

17. Documentation Web-based application records
Real-time equipment and application maps
Diary entries
Avalanche control mission reports
Archived weather information
TMC & EOC reports
After-action reports
Pictures
Handwritten

18. Collect Data Automatically (eliminate hand records)
AVL/GPS Integration
Collect Data Automatically (eliminate hand records)
Show where the trucks are and what they are doing.
More timely information
Better accuracy with snow and ice records
Coordination with traffic flow maps
HATS (mobile technology, i-pads)

19. WSDOT Software Program

20. Infrastructure Environment and Corrosion Protection
Calibration of application equipment
Precision material controllers
Operator training
Application guidelines
Experience
Roadside soil and water sampling
All liquid products inhibited to PNS standard
Solid salt treated with inhibited liquids

21. Snow and Ice Materials- Costs

22. Pacific Northwest Snowfighters
Qualified Products List
PNS Snow and Ice Control Chemical Products Specifications and Test Protocols
Product Sample Checklist for Bidders
Jay Wells Washington DOT Phone:

23. Questions?
Jay Wells WSDOT Maintenance Operations