Published: February 6, 2015
By: Mary Perren, WKVI
The Starke County Highway Department is the recipient of a
National Safe and Sustainable Snowfighting Award from the Salt Institute. They
were honored for excellence in environmental consciousness and effective
management in the storage of winter road salt. The county is one of 12
facilities in the United States and Canada to receive the honor this year and
the first county in the nation to win the award since it was established in
2012. Starke County is also Indiana’s first non-INDOT honoree.
Last April public agencies that attended the American Public
Works Association snow conference were given the opportunity to complete a 71
question checklist winter maintenance checklist about their facilities and
snowfighting policies. The checklists were scored, and the agencies with the
highest scores were nominated for the award. In December an inspector from
Wisconsin came out to evaluate the facility and verify the checklist answers.
“Our drivers have made a real effort in the last two years
to improve our winter operations. It is good to see that hard work recognized,”
Starke County Highway Superintendent Rik Ritzler said.
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