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Speaker 1: A state senator wants navigating snowy roads in Massachusetts to

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Speaker 1: be a thing of the past. Senator Patrick O'Connor is

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Speaker 1: enthralled with the idea of something called conductive concrete.

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Speaker 2: Was able to keep the concrete heated at between thirty

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Speaker 2: five and fifty degrees fahrenheit.

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Speaker 1: The concrete is embedded with metal that conducts electricity, generating

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Speaker 1: a little heat. That heat is just enough to melt

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Speaker 1: snow and ice without using plows or salt. O'Connor is

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Speaker 1: pushing for U mass to study the idea, which first

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Speaker 1: popped up in Nebraska.

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Speaker 2: You're going to be able to save motorists a lot

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Speaker 2: of money from the amount of potholes you have to fix.

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Speaker 2: In twenty fourteen, Massachusetts spent over forty million dollars.

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Speaker 1: The drawback is cost. The professor who invented the concrete

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Speaker 1: at You, Nebraska says it costs more than twice as

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Speaker 1: much as regular concrete, But the senator says the state

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Speaker 1: could make up that money by eliminating the cost of potholes, plows,

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Speaker 1: and salting. Kyle Schaffeld THEBBS Boston's news radio