Road salt supplies are ample in Portage

It may be record snowfall, but the supply chain is holding up -- at least in Portage County, OH. The Record-Courier reports:

Portage County is in the midst of one of the snowiest Januarys on record, yet county communities are not experiencing salt shortages or difficulties in getting salt as had been feared this winter.

Rick Hunsicker, roads superintendent for Franklin Township, said he has had no problems getting salt from the township's supplier, Cargill Incorporated.
"Right now, our salt barn is full," Hunsicker said.
The township still is using a mixture of salt and gravel-like grit material on the roads to increase traction and extend the life of salt supplies.
In Brimfield, Director of Public Works Mike Winner said he just ordered a few hundred tons from Morton Salt at $68 per ton and expects to receive the order next week.
Winner said he has 300 tons of salt on hand but, like Franklin Township, he is using a salt and grit mixture.

"I have not had any problem getting salt," Winner said. "Every time I called it's been within three to five days (for delivery)."
Kent Service Director Gene Roberts said the city also has had no problem having its salt stockpile replenished.
"We're in good shape, except we need a little less snow to deal with," Roberts said.
Brian Ford, general superintendent for the Portage County Engineer's office, said the problem isn't a shortage of salt, but a cap on total tonnage they can buy for the year.
"We're good for this week," Ford said as trucks were filling up at the county's salt shed in Ravenna Township.
The county has used about half its allotted tonnage so far.
"We're real close to the halfway point on salt" and winter, he said. The idea is to run out of salt and bad weather at the same time.
"Remember, February and March last year were our worst in years," Ford said. "They were almost record setters," for snowfall.

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