Tonawanda, N.Y. (WBEN) - As a lake effect snow band goes through Western New York on Tuesday, one town is waiting for a delivery of road salt. And while it waits, how it distributes the remaining salt is being cut back.
Town of Tonawanda Supervisor Joe Emminger says the road salt situation came about because the town's supplier, and the supplier for most of the region, has had distribution issues, and hasn't been able to supply municipalities with the amount of salt they need.
"I was advised today the supplier has cut off private companies from getting rock salt and is only servicing municipalities just so they have the rock salt we need to keep the roads safe," said Emminger with WBEN.
Emminger notes one order due to arrive has yet to do so.
For the time being, the main roads in the town, as well as the intersections that have stop signs at them will be salted, so the entire town will not be salted. Emminger says it takes 250 tons of rock salt to salt all of the town's roads.
Right now, Emmiger says the town is at 1,000 tons, which should suffice if the weather cooperates.
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