Mounting piles of snow mean more salt, brine and plows assaulting our roadways. But how much of beating can our infrastructure take before corrosion creeps in? Kojo looks at corrosion on our bridges and roads, and what technology is fighting the decline.
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Corrosion and Roadway Infrastructure
Listen Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 at 12:06 p.m. in Public Safety, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology, Transportation
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Guests
Jeff Rog
Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Operations for Corrpro Companies Inc.
Chung Fu
Director, The Bridge Engineering, Software & Technology (BEST) Center, and Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
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To the mayor regarding the tea party ideals of not paying for basic government functions:
Put up signs showing the cost and charge the "toll" and it will readily become apparent what things cost. Or print it in the paper monthly. We forget what is entitled>