Here is the second part of yesterday's Snow and Salt extravaganza. I am also going to answer a few other questions as well.Why is there no salt on the road?
This year has been an exceptional snowy winter, about 8 weeks ago many municipalities who buy salt through the state of Illinois salt program reached 130% of the contracted amount they were allowed. We were all forced to scramble and buy salt from other sources. For one snowfall we had to only salt intersections and major thoroughfares.
This was a direct cause of this winter being very snowy. According to the National Weather Service the average snowfall in Chicagoland is 38" a year. This year we are well over 60" (depending on how much fell yesterday). The public works department was able to get salt from out of state for a price of $168 and $200 per ton as opposed to $41 a ton from the state of Illinois. We used 845 lbs of the Illinois contract. Thats 130% of our contracted amount!
Whats the fastest email you received about snow after the snow fell?
I got an email this year 2 hours after snow hit the ground, thats a record by many many hours.
The most ironic email?
Actually this is a tie, two people sent me emails from the same street late last year, one complaining about the plowing, the other complimenting our public works about the same snowfall.
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