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Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice
Motorway gritters given a helping hand…

By Nick Heath

Published: Wednesday 09 April 2008

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