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Middleton committee urges council study to reduce road salt, improve plowing
Summary
The Water Resources Committee voted to refer public-works minutes to the city council and asked for a formal evaluation of staffing and equipment to reduce road-salt use and enable more frequent plowing. The referral stresses salt-reduction as the primary goal and suggests sustainability committee input.
The Water Resources Committee voted to refer public-works minutes to the city council and asked that council require a formal evaluation of staffing and equipment needs aimed at reducing road-salt application and enabling more frequent snow plowing.
Committee member (Speaker 3) framed the issue as both service and environmental: “we need to add more staff and more snow plows so that we can do more frequent snow removal,” arguing that longer response times in outer neighborhoods lead crews to rely…
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