Don't pick on private snowfighting contractors

An amendment just incorporated into a pending New Hampshire legislative bill seeking to create pathbreaking mandatory certification of snowfighters would exempt those who apply about 80% of the road salt in that state. That's bad public policy.

The Salt Institute has urged the NH House Resources, Recreation and Development Committee to make sure any bill require that "any 'solution' to improved salt management include all public and private agencies and businesses that apply salt." (pdf 39.48 kB)

True, private sector snowfighters need more and better training, but so do those who labor in public employ to keep our winter roads safe and passable.

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