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About Us

The mission of Safe Road Services is to provide the Public Works community with environmentally friendly and cost-effective road maintenance products that reduce operating, material, and equipment costs while increasing overall efficiency and promoting sustainability.

Safe Road Service, LLCs is a Massachusetts-based environmentally friendly winter (SAFE MELT™) & summer (SAFE BIND®) road maintenance products company. Our centrally located Worcester terminal operation has recently undergone a significant expansion in order to better serve the New England market.

Our US-sourced raw materials are blended to order. We offer a full line of bulk liquid storage systems, onboard pre-wetting systems and multi-purpose skidded sprayers. We also offer free facility evaluations, storage system plumbing upgrades, custom designed application equipment and onsite operator training.

A BRIEF HISTORY

  • 1997

    Sears Environmental Applications Company (SEACO) introduces ICE BAN to the New England market. The original formula was a 50/50 blend of Brewers Condensed Solubles (BCS) and magnesium chloride. Also known as ICE BAN MAGIC, Ice Ban was the first byproduct blend de-icer on the market.

  • 2000

    Name changed to ICE B'GONE after SEACO's acquisition of the Hungarian "Toth" patent for Distillers Condensed Solubles (DCS) as an ice melting agent. New formula was typically a 50/50 blend of sugar cane molasses and magnesium chloride.

  • 2004

    Safe Road Services formed after SEACO exits the direct sales end of the business. Safe Road Services introduces another ICE BAN product which was a 50/50 blend of BCS and calcium chloride.

  • 2005

    Safe Road Services introduces forestry byproducts (ammonium lignin sulfonate - tree sap) in order to re-enter the dust control and soil stabilization business. These byproducts have a solid 100 plus year history as dust control and soil stabilization agents in the US and Europe. New product is called SAFE BIND®

  • 2006

    Safe Road Services begins experimenting with forestry byproducts as an ice melting agent after Anheuser Busch installed an anaeobic digester at its Merrimack, NH brewery. The digester converts the liquid byproduct (BCS) into carbon dioxide and methane. Anheuser Busch began using methane to fire its boilers at this location.

  • 2010

    Safe Road Services changes the name of its winter product from ICE BAN to SAFE MELT™.

  • 2014

    Safe Road Services develops tank farm adjacent to its Worcester siding, replacing offsite storage facility, greatly increasing efficiency and reducing cost.

  • 2016

    Safe Road Services increases onsite storage capacity to 100,000 gallons and has space onsite for an additional 100,000 gallons

  • 2017

    Safe Road Services puts five tank cars into service in order to facilitate the timely movement of raw materials to the Worcester terminal

MASSACHUSETTS PRODUCT APPROVALS:

  • 3/08: SAFE MELT™; and SAFE BIND® approved for use in Ayer, MA by the MA DEP
  • 5/08: SAFE MELT™; and SAFE BIND® approved for use by the Ayer Conservation Commission
  • 9/08: SAFE BIND® approved for use by the Nantucket Island by UMASS Boston Nantucket Field Station
  • 9/08: SAFE MELT™; and SAFE BIND® approved for use by the Nantucket Conservation Commission
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Highway Associations We Support

Barnstable County Public Works Association
Berkshire County Highway Association
Essex County Highway Association (ECHA)
Massachusetts Highway Association (MHA)
Norfolk, Bristol, Middlesex County Highway Association (NBM)
Plymouth county highway association (PCHA)
Tri County Highway Association
(Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties)
Worcester County Highway Association
(WCHA) ( Sustaining Member)
Connecticut Association of State Highway Organizations (CASHO)
New Haven- Middlesex Public Works Association (CT)
New Hampshire Road Agents Association (NHRAA)
Rhode Island Public Works Association (RIPWA)
Vermont Municipal Highway Association (VMHA)
American Public Works Association (APWA)
New England Chapter American Public Works Association