Sunday, March 4, 2012

SNOW REMOVAL A HOT ITEM AT ARENA.(BUSINESS)

Byline: ALAN WECHSLER Staff writer

Watch out, snow. The future of winter road maintenance was here Thursday at the Pepsi Arena.

Picture it: Heated windshield wipers. Liquids which, when poured on roads, prevent ice from forming. Chains that drop onto truck wheels with the flick of a switch. Blizzard insurance. A robot arm that can patch potholes in less time than it takes to roll a cigarette.

The limit was only your imagination -- and, of course, the snow removal budget of your local municipality.

It may have been in the low 80s and humid as a basket of wet laundry Thursday, but at the fourth annual Eastern Winter Road Maintenance Symposium …

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