Local cities make room in budget as price of road salt increases

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — The cities of Champaign and Urbana are making room in their budgets to accommodate the higher cost of road salt this season.C...

December 21, 2022
5:02 AM

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — The cities of Champaign and Urbana are making room in their budgets to accommodate the higher cost of road salt this season.Champaign planned to purchase road salt for $66.49 per ton but now they will have to pay $104.51 per ton.'Once we sign that contract with the state of Illinois, we're locked into that amount we said we would purchase. So, we also look at the average of what we used when we make our requisition, and we have to purchase at least 80% of what we contracted for,' said Kris Koester, the Public Information Officer for the Champaign Public Works Department.

Daja Clayton