The township’s new building doubled the salt storage capacity, and should hold approximately 200 tons of salt. Brake said “This is going to save taxpayers all the way around. Being able to stockpile ...

REPUBLIC, MI -- A pair of storage buildings used by the Marquette County Road Commission were damaged Monday by a fire, according to WLUC-6. While one of the buildings was empty at the time of the ...

John Haven, the board’s buildings and grounds chairman, said he examined the storage shed and the new metal roof — bid by GreenCore LLC at a cost of $12,892 — was badly needed.

To alleviate hop scarcity, more hop farms were established. Weather prognostication and storage, it stands to reason, are the major factors in the availability of road salt.

By comparison, Dunn said Davenport road crews used more than 15,000 tons of road salt during the 2020-2021 winter season and only 9,600 tons of road salt during the 2019-2020 winter season.

The bulk of the cheaper salt — 9,760 tons that is the city’s typical annual purchase and that fits in the public works salt storage buildings — will go to Davenport. Most of the other, more ...

To pay for the storage buildings, the county Board of Commissioners is planning to sell the former Vigo County Juvenile Center on North Hunt Road, east of Terre Haute, and a former county highway ...

After dissolving, road salt can find its way into streams, lakes, and rivers, as well as into groundwater, which is the major source of drinking water for many towns and cities in the state ...

“Road salt itself loses about 70% of its effectiveness between 25 and 20 degrees," Zach Clothier told FOX 17. "So, in order to have the same level of service for a road commission, for instance ...

Road materials stockpiles are nearly depleted of rock salt in Berks County, a simple matter of supply (storage space) vs. demand from frequent snow showers and ice storms this winter.