NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : September 12, 2005
Minneapolis, MN… Ten provincial and local government transportation facilities in the U.S. and Canada earned the 2005 Excellence in Storage Award from Salt Institute. The award recognizes high standards of environmental consciousness and effective management of winter materials storage. Another thirty-seven facilities were cited for “continuing excellence” for sustaining award-winning programs recognized in the first 17 years of the program.
“The single salt management investment with the greatest cost-to-environmental benefit is proper salt storage,” explained Salt Institute president Richard L. Hanneman, in announcing the award winners. “These agencies are not only exemplary environmental stewards, they have demonstrated a commitment to cost-conscious spending of tax dollars and promoting safe working conditions for their employees.”
The awards were announced during the American Public Works Association Congress in Minneapolis.
The Excellence in Storage Award is part of the Salt Institute’s Sensible Salting Program – an educational program for salt customers on how to store and apply salt in an environmentally sound manner. Over the award competition’s 17 years, just 107 excellent programs have been recognized. Among the thirty-seven facilities cited for continuing excellence Buffalo Grove, IL, has won the excellence designation 17 times; Arlington Heights, IL has won 14 times.
Every year about 15 million tons of deicing salt is applied to roadways in the U.S. and another five million tons in Canada. Applying salt reduces injury accidents by 88% and pays for itself in a half hour in terms of avoided crashes.
Salt Institute is the global association of salt companies. Its website has more information about the Excellence in Storage Award (http://www.saltinstitute.org/40.html) and almost anything else you might want to know about salt: http://www.saltinstitute.org.
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Attachment: List of winners
City of Barrie, Barrie, ON
City of Calgary Roads, Calgary AB
CT DOT East Lyme Salt Storage Facility, East Lyme CT
CT DOT Plainfield Satellite Storage Facility, Plainfield CT
CT DOT Putnam Salt Storage Facility, Putnam, CT
CT DOT Westbrook Satellite Salt Storage Facility, Westbrook, CT
PennDOT Callensburg Stockpile, Callensburg, PA
PennDOT I-80 Stockpile, Knox, PA
PennDOT New Bethlehem Stockpile, New Bethlehem, PA
PennDOT Tylersburg Stockpile, Tylersburg, PA
Village of Addison, Addison, IL
Village of Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, IL
Village of Buffalo Grove, Buffalo Grove, IL
Beaver Township, Bloomsburg, PA
City of Brampton Sandalwood Pkwy. Facility, Brampton, ON
Town of Clifton Park, Clifton Park, NY
Connecticut DOT Glastonbury Maintenance Facility, Glastonbury, CT
Connecticut DOT Hebron Salt Shed, Bolton, CT
Connecticut DOT Route 71A Salt Shed, Meriden, CT
Connecticut DOT Willington Maintenance Facility, Willington, CT
Connecticut DOT Middletown Salt Storage Facility, Middletown, CT
Connecticut DOT Miller Avenue, Meriden, CT
City of Elgin, Elgin IL
Village of Hanover Park, Hanover Park, IL
City of Houghton, Houghton, MI
Village of Lake Zurich, IL
City of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA
Macomb County, Mt. Clemens, MI
City of Marquette, MI
McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
Mount Prospect Public Works, Mt. Prospect, IL
New Jersey DOT Berlin Yard - # 415 Salt Storage Facility, Berlin, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cherry Hill Yard - #411 Salt Storage Facility, Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland County Complex, Bridgeton, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland Yard - #426, Maurice River Township, NJ
New Jersey DOT Deepwater Yard - #425 Salt Storage Facility
New Jersey DOT Elmer Yard - #420, Pittgrove, NJ
New Jersey DOT Folsom Yard #451, Folsom, NJ
New Jersey DOT Glassboro Yard - #417, Glassboro, NJ
New Jersey DOT Mount Laurel Yard #468, Mt. Laurel, NJ
New Jersey DOT Red Lion Yard, #434 South Hampton Township, NJ
New Jersey DOT West Deptford Yard #413, West Deptford, NJ
Village of Northbrook, Northbrook, IL
Town of North Salem, North Salem NY
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Elsinore Facility, St. Catherines, ON
Town of Orangetown, Orangeburg, NY
Village of Orland Park, IL
Regional Municipality of Peel, Copper Road Yard, Brampton, ON
PennDOT
Clarion County Main Facility, Shippenville, PA
City of Roanoke Public Works Salt Facility, Roanoke, VA
City of Springdale, Springdale, OH
South Whitehall Township, Allentown, PA
City of West Des Moines, IA
Wright County, Buffalo, MN
Columbia County, Wyocena, WI
Town of Yorktown, Yorktown Heights NY
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