Save the Salt End of Road Repair 2-28-08 from Mike Waters
Attached are photos of BLM's
recent effort to put some additional salt down at the end of the Bonneville
access road as discussed last season. Based on the number of loads, we put down
approx. 100 cubic yards of salt provided to us by the Intrepid potash plant. We
tried to spread it about 6 inches thick. Hopefully, this will address some of
the problems with the pot holes and soft conditions experienced last year. The
timing should be good because Intrepid began pumping brine for this year's salt
laydown on Friday, Feb. 22. This should help the salt to harden up later on.
Russ Draper at Intrepid said they anticipate putting out 350,000 tons of salt
over the next month or so of the laydown effort, possibly even more. On Friday,
the brine concentration was measured at about 24%. By Tuesday morning when we
were spreading our salt, the flooding was well underway. At the access road, it
looked like salt was already starting to drop out of solution.
More photos to follow.
Ray Kelsey
Outdoor Recreation Planner
BLM Salt Lake Field Office
2370 South 2300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
Office: 801-977-4333
Mobile: 801-560-5923
Fax: 801-977-4397
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