South-central KDOT crews pretreating some highways

In anticipation of wintry precipitation starting Friday — going into a holiday weekend — Kansas Department of Transportation crews in south-central Kansas are pretreating some highways. They are especially focusing on elevated areas including bridges, where the surface tends to freeze faster. Pretreatment varies within the region because of varied forecasts from area to area. Around Lyons, for example, a crew has been pretreating with a mix of brine and beet juice. Beet juice is sticky, so it holds the ice-fighting brine to the pavement longer and at lower temperatures. The beet juice looks brown, and it can be washed off vehicles.
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler