Powys planning new £600k salt dome to bring storage up to the mark23/08/2018 Powys County Council plans to invest £600,000 in a new salt dome to quadruple storage capacity at its depot. |
Reduced salt prices offered through new ESPO framework05/07/2016 A new framework that allows highway departments to replenish their stocks of de-icing salt at discounted summer prices has been launched by ESPO. |
Hertfordshire CC offers free salt supplies20/01/2016 Hertfordshire County Council is helping over 80 community groups this winter, along with some 50 schools, by providing free salt for public roads and pavements as part of its winter self-help scheme. |
1.2m tonnes of salt stockpiled for winter25/11/2015 Local authorities have stockpiled 1.2 million tonnes of salt in readiness for winter, according to a new survey of highways bosses. |
Councils stockpiling salt in preparation for winter11/11/2013 Councils are stockpiling more salt in preparation for this year’s winter, according to the latest figures from highways bosses. |
Specialist salt could save thousands19/01/2012 A new grit which continues to tackle ice and snow even when temperatures plummet as low as -10 degrees is set to be trialled in Staffordshire. |
Salt thefts hit Somerset22/12/2011 Theft of rock salt in Somerset is putting lives at risk and robbing rural areas of a vital winter service. |
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