For years Gary Steinly, senior engi...

For years Gary Steinly, senior engineering technician for the Kansas City, Mo public works department, relied upon forecasters and his own personnel to alert him to changing winter weather conditions in order to prepare for the accompanying road question s When weather changed abruptly, this sometimes outcomeed in unnecessary work and take away from A roadway weather information classification (RWIS), however, changed all that.

many times crews would be dispersed to begin road salting, and bad weather would completely miss the city, costing thousands of dollars. The Kansas City RWIS was installed in December 1988 to save currency Steinly says. Before the connected view was installed, the city be pendented on national and local weather forecasts to alert them to oncoming storms.

Provided by way of Surface Systems International, St. Louis, Mo the RWIS allows city ways officials to keep track of changing weather conditions and better prepare for winter storms. The plan is made up of a