Sand also tends to stick around, so it’s great if you need your tires to have extra grip on snowy roads. You can also sprinkle it on paths or sidewalks that are already frozen over, and it ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — While salt and sand may sound like a recipe for a Summer beach day, this weekend it’s actually VDOT’s prescription for icy roads.

That’s because local county highway crews have used a mixture of sand and salt to treat icy roads for several decades. “Typically, we have gone with a 3-to-1 sand-salt mix,” Bartholomew ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Green Bay city crews will be out Monday, applying traction sand to icy spots on the roads. The city says its spreader trucks were out salting primary roads twice Sunday as snow ...

And in Palm Springs, roads were impacted through the wash due to blowing sand. Palm Springs Police have reopened N Indian Canyon at the Whitewater Wash. Gene Autry Trail remains closed.