What kinds of measures will be adopted to reduce the impact of road salts on the environment?
Management options will involve only those measures that will not jeopardize road safety. Possible management options could focus, for example, on reducing losses at salt storage sites, better engineering of snow dumps to control run-off, improved salt application technology and meteorological forecasting tools and the use of alternate products in environmentally sensitive areas. In developing management instruments, Environment Canada is considering a best management practices approach through a code of practices or guideline that would build on work that has been done by some provinces and territories along with the Transportation Association of Canada in its Salt Management Guide and Salt Management Action Plan. Best management practices for general use could include the use of better salt application technologies such as electronic spreader controllers, anti-icing, pre-wetting and road weather information systems which prevent ice formation and lead to reduced use of salt and actua
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