US EditionMunicipalities Struggling with Salt Shortages; Events Canceled Amid Snow
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To limit the risk of accidents, it is not just snow tires. Salt is extremely efficient. Depending on the winters, we use between 400,000 and 800,000 tonnes per year. In some areas, it has become a rare commodity. Prices have gone up and sellers are overwhelmed. Some companies have even done in three days the equivalent of a month of turnover. However, the abused application of salt on the road can damage vehicles and represent a risk of pollutio…
Road salt is running low in several municipalities, including Heiloo, Bergen, Sint-Michielgestel, and Leiderdorp, according to ANP after a survey. This...
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As the wintry weather persists and municipalities try to keep roads passable, road salt is running out in more and more places. Therefore, municipalities are deciding, among other things, to spread salt on fewer roads.
Municipalities struggling with salt shortages; Events canceled amid snow
Some municipalities are warning that local supplies of road salt are running very low. Heiloo, Bergen, and Leiderdorp are among the places affected. Consequently, authorities can either salt only the primary roads or mix the remaining salt with sand.People in the local communities have been advised to only go out on the roads when absolutely necessary, buy salt for their own sidewalk, since municipalities don’t provide it to residents during sho…
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