Some Chester County roads might not get salted during winter weather
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CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn.,–Staff at the Chester County Highway Department said not every road in the county benefits from salt. The highway department started plowing 500 miles of county roads before 7 a.m., Thursday morning. ” We’ll go until we see it’s not making a difference anymore,” said David Farley with the Chester County Highway Department. Farley said crews will plow, then salt roads, but not all roads are salted. Officials said the difference comes down to road structure. County officials said the roads are built with either asphalt or a mix of tar and chip, determining which roads are salted. “It can be catastrophic on a tar and chip road because it actually just eats the asphalt up and the road just comes apart,” Farley said. The highway department said skipping the salt can also save money—potentially thousands of dollars.”It’ll save us a lot of money and time because once you’ve got a pot hole, you’ve got a pot hole whether it’s patched or not,” Farley said. Farley said the highway department had a slow start Thursday, but drivers steering clear of navigating icy roads help plowing productivity. “The more traffic that’s on it, it turns to ice and it’s a lot harder to get off then this snow,” he said. Chester County crews have used about 40 tons of salt on roads so far this year.
