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Rising salt prices may leave Michigan with more hazardous roads

November 03, 2009 00:00 from WWMT
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Heavy early snowfall, combined with high salt prices, led to a salt shortage in the winter of 2008, and with heavy budget cuts across Michigan, many fear we could see a similar scene in the coming winter.

The Michigan Department of Transportation already has some salt stock-piled, but they are estimating that salt prices will increase by more than 20 percent in the coming winter, prompting the agency to tell drivers to prepare for changes in winter road maintenance.

http://www.wwmt.com/articles/salt-1368926-michigan-0in.html

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