COST OF ICE MELTING SALT RAPIDLY RISING |
| (09/30/2008) |
| Road salt costs are rising rapidly across the nation, forcing agencies to pay twice as much as they did last year to keep highways ice-free. In some cases, the price of salt has quadrupled. An Indiana town that paid Morton Salt $41.23 a ton last year was quoted $103.63 this year, according to the AP. Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania switched to a pretreated salt mixture after it learned it would have to pay $145 a ton for salt, nearly quadrupling its price of last year. West Virginia could have some salt supply left-over from a mild winter last year.
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