Alex Piggott, City of Woodstock's Works Superintendent is including the Smart About Salt Program in the City's efforts to manage the environmental effects of road salt being used by the City while ensuring safe winter travel. In the City's most recent Parking Lot Winter Maintenance Tender, Alex has put snow and ice contractors on notice that all future tenders will require contractors to be Smart About Salt certified and trained."We see the Smart About Salt program as the perfect vehicle for meeting our environmental and safety objectives by improving salt management at our facilities." says Piggott.

Bob Hodgins, Executive Director, Smart About Salt Council spoke to the City of Woodstock's Environmental Advisory Committee on August 8th as part of the program's ongoing efforts to promote the benefits of being Smart About Salt.