Kevin G. Gilbert Staff Photographer
By DON AINES
December 10, 2010
dona@herald-mail.com
Friday morning’s snow squall caught state and county roads crews off guard, forcing them to abandon regular maintenance jobs and return to storage facilities to load salt trucks to treat the icy roads.
The unexpected storm sent cars and trucks skidding off roads and into each other and caused multi-vehicle pile-ups on Interstate 70 in eastern Washington County and western Frederick County, Maryland State Police said….
…Western Allegany County and Garrett County could see state roads pretreated this weekend with a new mixture of 85 percent salt brine and 15 percent sugar beet molasses if weather projections warrant and road conditions are suitable, Gischlar said. The beet molasses helps the pretreatment mix better adhere to the road surface, he said.
