By Zachary Matson The state’s new Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force is scheduled to hold its first meeting Feb. 28 led by state Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez and Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil … [Read more...] about Road salt task force sets inaugural meeting for Feb. 28
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Hague is ‘clearly a leader’ in road salt reduction
After years of brine, indicators are seen in water quality By Zachary Matson The small crew at the Hague Highway Department spent part of a December morning staring into a measuring device as they mixed salt and water in a 1,000-gallon … [Read more...] about Hague is ‘clearly a leader’ in road salt reduction
2021 EXPLORED: Road salt task force
Missing deadline, road salt panel established It took almost the entire year, but the state’s Road Salt Reduction Task Force is finally in place - even if it missed its first deadline along the way. Gov. Kathy Hochul in December named 10 … [Read more...] about 2021 EXPLORED: Road salt task force
Road salt task force now has members
Overdue panel charged with preventing further pollution By Zachary Matson Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday named the members of a promised state task force charged with studying road salt use in the Adirondacks. The 10 overdue appointees … [Read more...] about Road salt task force now has members
Road salt task force still without members
Eight months after legislation celebration, a task force has yet to meet over salt By Gwendolyn Craig The state’s road salt task force has a detailed report due to lawmakers on Dec. 1, except there’s a problem—the task force doesn’t … [Read more...] about Road salt task force still without members
2020 EXPLORED: Road salt
For 40 years, since the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, highway crews dumped salt all over this wilderness to clear roads of snow. The cleared roads were obvious, but came with hidden dangers to people and places. Researchers, regulators and … [Read more...] about 2020 EXPLORED: Road salt