021318 Lake County DOT (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Michael Vidakovic, of Zion, a Lake County Highway maintenance worker climbs up to get into a snow plow at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Michael Vidakovic, of Zion, a Lake County Highway maintenance worker, checks over a snow plow at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jeff Spoonmore, of Ashley, Ind., with Klink Trucking, hooks up a hose to connect the Beet Heet liquid in his truck to the tank fill station at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.Beet Heet has a beet juice derivative in it which is used to melt snow and ice on roads.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jeff Spoonmore, of Ashley, Ind., with Klink Trucking, hooks up a hose to connect the Beet Heet liquid in his truck to the tank fill station at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.Beet Heet is derived from beets and is used to help melt the ice and snow from the roads.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The tank fill station at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.The tanks contain different liquids the snow plows use to battle snow and ice on the roadways such as a protein called, Beet Heet, calcium chloride, and salt brine.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A plow operator walks beside a line of plow trucks used to clear the snow and ice off of Lake County streets at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.Twenty-six plow trucks and three spare trucks sit in the truck barn.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A large salt dome sits at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The tank fill station identifies the individual liquid tanks containing salt brine, calcium chloride, and protein (a beet derivative) to battle the snow and ice on Lake County roads used at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.(2/12/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A large tank full of salt brine used to battle the snow and ice on Lake County roads sits at the Lake County Division of Transportation on Winchester Road in Libertyville.(2/12/18)