February 6, 2014
Mother Nature strains municipal plowing budgets
Public officials in southern Maine say this year’s icy winter has caused them to use more salt and sand than usual, putting a strain on their annual road-clearing budgets just halfway through the season.
The Portland Press Herald reported that the Maine Department of Transportation has already exceeded what it spends in a typical winter, largely due to icier conditions. The paper reported that officials interviewed in various southern Maine municipalities said they’ve used around two-thirds of their resources for road-clearing by early February.
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