The City of Edmonton has started an anti-icing pilot program to combat icy road conditions during the winter.
The technique involves spraying a liquid calcium chloride solution, a type of salt with an added corrosion inhibitor, on main roadways in the city 12 to 48 hours before a major snowfall.
Use of the anti-icer is an attempt to reduce the need for sand, improve road conditions and free up manpower to work on pedestrian and bicycle paths.
The liquid solution is only one of the techniques used by the City of Edmonton to keep roads in good driving condition in the winter. Sand and salt is still used on other Edmonton roads.