Along with graders, salt and snow plows, The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (TranBC), lists something thatB次元官网网址檚 helping them B次元官网网址渂eetB次元官网网址� the cold this year. Beet juice is being used across Canada as a more environmentally friendly option that reduces the amount of damage a pure salt mixture can do to roads, cars and surrounding vegetation.

When beet juice is added to the regular salt brine it reduces the effective temperature of the brine keeping roads clear in temperatures as low as -25 degrees.

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With VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 average low barely passing the freezing mark, the beet-juice mix isnB次元官网网址檛 ideal for the IslandB次元官网网址檚 roads but is being used in various cities throughout the province such as Williams Lake and Kamloops where temperatures fall far below the freezing mark often.

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According to a City of Victoria spokesperson, Ryan Shotton, theyB次元官网网址檝e tested the beet mixture in small areas but found brine is all thatB次元官网网址檚 needed to help prevent icing conditions in Victoria.

B次元官网网址淲hen cold temperatures are anticipated, City crews begin to brine roads to prevent icing conditions and put down environmentally sensitive ice melt products at downtown transit stops, wheelchair ramps and sidewalks fronting City properties downtown,B次元官网网址� states Shotton.

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