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BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
Harris County Precinct 3 launches new road de-icing method
Chili Cook-O The Cy-Fair Express Network is holding its eighth annual chili challenge. • Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • Free (admission), $5 (tasting ticket) • Creekwood Grill, 12710 Telge Road, Cypress • www.cyfen.org Movie Night: ‘Zootopia’ Harris County Precinct 3 is holding a movie night featuring “Zootopia,” a Walt Disney animated lm. • Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m. • Free (admission) • Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve, 20215 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston • www.pct3.com
February
‘The Revolutionists’ Stageworks is presenting “The Revolutionists,” a girl- powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. • Feb. 15-17 and 22-24, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 18 and 25, 3 p.m. • $27-$37 (admission) • Stageworks Theatre, 10760 Grant Road, Houston • www.stageworkshouston.org UIL Texas State Wrestling Tournament The state tournament features the top high school wrestlers in Texas. Concessions will be available throughout the arena. • Feb. 16-17, 7:30 a.m. • $15 (single day), $25 (all tournament) • Berry Center, 8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • www.uiltexas.org World of Beer Brunch: Taylor’s Version A Taylor Swift-themed brunch features themed cocktails and treats for Swifties. • Feb. 17-18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • Free (admission) • World of Beer, 9945 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • www.worldofbeer.com
To combat potentially dangerous roadways this winter season, Harris County Precinct 3 has plans to lay out brine solution that chemically breaks up the ice on the roadways, ocials announced in a Dec. 20 YouTube video. Crews used this new road de-icing method in mid-January amid freezing temperatures, Com- munications Manager Jeannie Peng said, and this is how Precinct 3 roads will be treated in future winter weather events. The details Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said rather than laying out chat rock as they have done in the past winter seasons, Precinct 3 is now laying out brine solution. The brine solution was provided by the Texas Department of Transportation through the County Assistance Program at no charge, Peng said. “During the last freeze season, we realized that with the size of our new precinct, we needed to
adapt to be able to cover over 300 bridges and 6,700 lane miles of roadway to keep them open and safe during winter conditions,” Road and Bridge Director Jennifer Almonte said. According to Precinct 3 ocials, while chat rock provides traction control, brine chemically breaks ice as vehicle weight travels the wheel path on roadways and can be used as pretreatment to prevent ice from forming in the rst place. Did you know? Almonte said brine is cheaper, is applied more quickly, is more environmentally friendly and can be used to pretreat the roadways. During pretreatment rounds, workers spray brine solution around 20 mph, and for de-icing, it is sprayed at 5-10 mph to spray a greater volume of brine, Peng said. When de-icing is needed, crews run routes until temperatures rise above freezing. “Typically this means that each bridge will be sprayed every 12-24 hours,” she said.
Garden Bros Nuclear Circus Performers put on a fast-paced circus show featuring the Human Cannonball, aerial artists, the Wheel of Death, motorcycles in the Sphere of Fear, clowns and jugglers. • Feb. 22-March 3, times vary • $14.50-$30 (general admission), $20-$40 (premium), $30 (handicapped accessible), $30- $60 (VIP) • Houston Premium Outlets, 29300 Hempstead Road, Cypress • www.gardenbrosnuclearcircus.com
March
West Houston Church of Christ Huge Garage Sale The sale features merchandise donated and collected throughout the year by members of the church. • March 2-3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • $5 (parking) • Traders Village, 7979 N. Eldridge Road, Houston • www.tradersvillage.com
Precinct 3 crews lay brine solution ahead of freezing temperatures to de-ice roads.
COURTESY HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3
HUFFMEISTER 8945 Hwy 6 N (281) 859-5879 SPRING CYPRESS 22508 Hwy 249 (281) 379-7383
BARKER CYPRESS 17996 FM 529 (281) 656-4200 JONES ROAD 17414 NW Fwy (713) 983-8827
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