Austintown road salt order cut by two-thirds
AUSTINTOWN — Township roads may be more treacherous to navigate this winter. Township Administrator Mark D’Apolito said Austintown and surrounding communities will only receive about one-third of their road salt orders from the Ohio Department of Transportation, which amounts to 790 tons compared to the township’s regular order of about 2,500 tons. Morton Salt, which is one of two major providers of road salt along with Cargill, discovered a significant influx of water at its Fairport Harbor mine beneath Lake Erie on Oct. 22 and immediately evacuated workers. The company ...
