ALBANY, N.Y. — Budget-busting road salt prices are leaving municipal officials in the Snow Belt hoping for a mild winter. Salt supplies are tight on the heels of a harsh winter last year that depleted reserves, leaving many localities in the Northeast and Great Lakes to pay prices that range from about 5 per cent higher to almost double. Some highway superintendents say they could choose to make their salt supplies last by mixing in more sand, which is cheaper. Production issues at two major North American salt mines have contributed to tight supplies. Cargill is addressing a leak in a salt mine 1,800 feet under Lake Erie off Cleveland, one of three U.S. mines the company operates.

Source: National Post November 23, 2018 15:22 UTC