While wintertime is often thought of as a time of sleet, snow, and rain, it can also bring excessively dry conditions to certain parts of the country. This can have a dramatic effect on unpaved roads, causing fugitive dust particles to enter the air, leading to health and safety problems. In the past, chloride-based dust control agents were used to... read more »
Blue Line Transportation specializes in the manufacturing of asphalt emulsions and road dust control products. We also focus on the bulk transportation of diesel, jet fuel, and all grades of asphalt and emulsions. Our dedicated fleet of spreader trucks are available in the Northwest for dust control and asphalt emulsions for road jobs. Each of our application trucks has been... read more »
In the early years of road construction and road maintenance, spraying water and other improvised agents on a roadbed was seen as a standard practice for controlling fugitive dust particles. In extremely dry locations or during a prolonged drought, this could mean daily if not multiple trips each day for a water truck. This can tie up the necessary equipment... read more »
Many paving companies and municipalities are becoming more and more ecologically conscious about the products they use to rejuvenate paved road surfaces. Here at Blue Line Transportation Company, we are proud to offer EBS-RA to meet these needs. This is an ecologically friendly modified polymer that is created by our partner company EnviRoad® to be used in multiple cold mix paving... read more »
If you operate a rural municipality or county road maintenance department, then you likely have annual concerns about the maintenance of unpaved roads. Roadbed erosion, washboarding, potholes, eroded berms, and dust control problems can cost excessive man hours and equipment maintenance costs. In recent years, environmental regulations and public opinion have started to frown on the use of chloride-based dust... read more »
In past years, using calcium chloride and magnesium chloride dust control agents was the industry’s standard method for controlling dust on unpaved roads. Throughout the course of the 1980’s and 1990’s, government agencies and many companies became more conscious of the ecological impact of these agents. On a practical level, they had the potential to pollute local watersheds while also... read more »
