Why doesn the county use salt to help melt snow and ice?
Because salt damages vehicles, pavements, and bridge decks and harms vegetation, highway engineers have determined that salt’s corrosive and damaging effects more than offset its short-term benefit of melting ice and snow. How will I know when the road where I live will be plowed? Call Josephine County Public Works Division at (541) 474-5460. If radio contact is established between our office and Operations Supervisors at the time of your call, we will give you an estimated time when the snowplows will be working in your area.
