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Municipal leaders back voluntary salt-reduction program but urge a municipal liability cap
Summary
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns told the Natural Resources & Energy committee it supports a voluntary chloride-reduction program for municipal and commercial applicators but said towns need funding and protection from large lawsuits before they can adopt new practices widely.
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns testified to the Natural Resources & Energy committee that towns and cities favor efforts to reduce chloride runoff from road and sidewalk salting but that any state program must be voluntary for municipal and commercial applicators and must include funding, training and liability protections for local governments.
"We believe ... the program must be voluntary, both for municipal applicators and for commercial," Samantha Sheehan, VLCT municipal policy and advocacy specialist, told the committee. Sheehan described the organization's long-standing work supporting municipalities with training, insurance pools and operational assistance.
VLCT supports the bill (filed as S.29) as an advisory and resource program modeled in part on New Hampshire's green-snow…
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