Council offers groups free salt to counter freezing conditions

MORE than 200 community associations across Cork city have been offered free one-tonne bags of salt to help them cope with freezing weather this winter.

Council offers groups free salt to counter freezing conditions

Cork City Council said its offer follows a review of its response to last winter’s big freeze.

Tony O’Sullivan, a senior engineer in the asset management and maintenance division of the council’s roads and transportation directorate, said the local authority has to prioritise keeping the primary traffic network open during freezing conditions.

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