Technology expected to help drivers in Arizona dust storms

 


PHOENIX (AP) — With Arizona's monsoon season quickly approaching, state transportation planners intend to begin installing a new long-range dust-detection system on Interstate 10.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is set to use a $54 million federal grant to widen sections of I-10 and implement a project that would reduce dust-related crashes, the Arizona Republic reported .

"We are taking an aggressive approach," said Tom Herrmann, a spokesman for the state transportation department, told the newspaper. "We recognize we can't necessarily control the dust, but we can predict it better."...



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