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Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice

Motorway gritters given a helping hand…

By Nick Heath

Published: 9 April 2008 15:02 GMT


Real-time monitoring allows gritters (pictured) to be rapidly deployed to the most heavily snow-laden stretches of motorway. It also creates an archive of gritting activity that allows the agency to weed out false claims.

Photo credit: SWTRA


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