December 4, 2006 York Region winter road maintenance program under way

Information and Financial Costs regarding the Region�s Winter Maintenance program

York Region has an $11.5 million Winter Maintenance program, with $2.5 million budgeted for salt alone. Below are some other figures associated with the program:

Number of vehicles for winter maintenance	64
Average time for salt or sand spreading (one round of all Regional roads)	90 minutes
Average time for plowing and salting/sanding (one round of all Regional roads)	130 minutes
Average amount of salt used (one round)	340 tonnes
Kilometres of Regional Roads	1,049 km
Lane kilometres of Regional Roads	3,479 km
Cost of salt per tonne	$70.59
Cost of salt (one round)	$24,000
Cost of salt-brine (one round)	$11,500
Cost of one round of salting (includes equipment and labour)	$43,000
Cost of one round of plowing (includes one round of salting, equip. & labour)	$44,500

York Region's Roads Transportation Branch encourages everyone to take extra care during winter driving conditions and to help road clearing efforts by slowing down and driving cautiously around winter maintenance vehicles.

Together with York Regional Police Services and York Region Health Services, the Transportation Branch plays an integral role in the York Region Save-a-Life Program. Save-a-Life encourages safe driving habits through engineering safer roads, educating drivers about safe driving, and police enforcement. For more information, please visit www.yorkregionsavealife.com

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Media Contact: Michael Kemp, Corporate Communications, York Region
Phone: (905) 830-4444, Ext. 1232 | Cell: (905) 251-6419
Email: michael.kemp@york.ca