It is one of the most basic of all local government services. Salting the streets in winter. Plow and salt well and the public works crews become heroes. Botch it and residents have long memories.
Brookfield is about to invest in what is just about the most fundamental infrastructure project in municipal government. It is building a salt shed. One place to safely and conveniently store the tons of salt it orders for each winter season.
Right now, the makeshift facilities for salt storage holds 700 tons. The new salt dome will hold 1,500 tons, more than Brookfield orders each year. And, in an upgrade, all that salt will now be protected from the weather, so it doesn’t either get wet and run off into the sewers or clump up into concrete-like chunks.
Not cheap at $435,000, but another good investment in efficient local government from Brookfield.
