The City of Fort Wayne has implemented several successful strategies for its winter maintenance program including new technologies, investment in a new brine machine, pre-treating and deicing approaches, and a model staff training program. They'll share their successes and lessons learned.

Learning Objectives:

Examine the cost benefits and procedures for establishing a brine-making operation.
Review Fort Wayne's practices for determining driver placement during a storm to determine if this approach will work for your operation.
Adopt a winter maintenance program that includes both pre-storm preparation regarding equipment maintenance, materials procurement and storage, and post-storm response including filling potholes and street maintenance.

Trent A. Hogue

Assistant Street Commissioner, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana

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