The City of Janesville saves money this winter with their snow-melt liquid that proactively prevents ice and snow from bonding to the pavement.
Operations Superintendent Kamron Nash says this preventative measure is cheaper than rock salt, which has seen a 20 percent price increase this winter.
Salt is only used reactively, but Nash says the liquid combination of salt brine and beet byproduct has proven to be a more cost-effective solution.
The city’s winter budget runs through the calendar year, and they’re coming in only $700 over the $284,600 allocated.
Nash says the lack of snow this winter helped the city financially withstand the unusually heavy spring snowstorms earlier this year.
