The County of Renfrew recognized that a piece-wise approach to salt management would not work. Its efforts needed to be part of a bigger salt management plan that included proper diagnostic tools, detailed documentation of treatments, and education and training for its personnel. Starting in 2001, Renfrew embarked on an initiative to update its entire winter maintenance approach. At the same time, County road administrators began implementing some early winner projects. The path to improved salt consumption involved many stages; these stages are discussed in this paper and are specific to the County of Renfrew. The implementation of the County of Renfrew's Salt Management Plan encompassed eight stages that were executed between 2001 and 2003. Details of the benefits achieved by implementing this plan, including reduction in salt usage, winter maintenance costs, collisions, and fuel costs, are reviewed in this paper. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E211521.
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