Sometimes even the most carefully developed and regimented maintenance programs aren't enough. Weeds are going to invade.

Prototypes by Myron Mullett led to AggreScreed, an attachment he is marketing through his fledgling company, TerraTec Industries.

Green building is in, and that includes roads and streetscapes.

Windbreaks may reduce the amount of plowing needed, increasing safety by increasing visibility and keeping snow off the roadway, while also providing wildlife habitat and controlling erosion.

Paving Central Avenue may not be significant in most cities that have a street by that name. But for downtown Albany, N.Y., that’s not the case.