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Salt use goes up as snow piles up

A little more than a month ago, Dan Dinges, like other public works professionals in local road departments, was wondering what he was going to do with the surplus of salt sitting in Geneva’s public works facility.

But after almost six weeks of snow and ice, Dinges, the city of Geneva’s public works director, said that potential problem has taken care of itself.

“Surprisingly, we’re pretty much on track to having a normal winter now,” Dinges said. “Even if almost all of it has come in the last month or so.”

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