With the recent cold weather, Fred Tongue went to Cheshire to see how the salt that keeps Britain’s roads frost-free is harvested, and observed the granular detail needed to plan for winter demand.
The fact that our roads are frost free when the temperature drops can often go unnoticed. You wake up, de-ice the car and are able to drive to work, even if the temperature is well below zero. Behind each salted roadway is a serious logistical exercise in manufacturing and planning, planning that has been conspicuously…
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