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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Topic started by: txstateends on September 04, 2014, 05:13:08 PM

Title: Sand for winter storm traction getting 'recycled'
Post by: txstateends on September 04, 2014, 05:13:08 PM
I didn't know this was possible (or even practical), but.....

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/09/03/6089200/recycling-sand-ntta-says-it-will.html?rh=1

The NTTA is trying this out at a site underneath the I-35E/TX 121-Sam Rayburn Tollway interchange in Lewisville, north of Dallas.

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Title: Re: Sand for winter storm traction getting 'recycled'
Post by: Pete from Boston on September 04, 2014, 05:27:30 PM
They should recycle that garbage also by spreading it across the road, because clearly this is what the littering public wants in a road.
Title: Re: Sand for winter storm traction getting 'recycled'
Post by: jeffandnicole on September 04, 2014, 08:08:18 PM
While the numbers sound impressive, they're really not.  The amount of sand that's saved from going into the landfill is about the equivalent of 10 swimming pools.  On the whole, it's a very small number. 
Title: Re: Sand for winter storm traction getting 'recycled'
Post by: Road Hog on September 04, 2014, 08:46:13 PM
This is NTTA only, not TxDOT. They only have a little more than 120 miles of tollways to worry about. If TxDOT and the various cities did the same thing, that would increase the amount by a factor of hundreds.