{"id":3638,"date":"2022-01-18T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2022-01-18T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:11:09","slug":"wfmd-mdot-sha-receives-praise-for-reducing-its-use-of-salt-to-clear-snow-ice-covered-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2022\/01\/18\/wfmd-mdot-sha-receives-praise-for-reducing-its-use-of-salt-to-clear-snow-ice-covered-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"WFMD: MDOT SHA Receives Praise For Reducing Its Use Of Salt To Clear Snow &amp; Ice-Covered Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salt has been used for many years to remove snow and ice from roads during winter storms. But it can also be harmful to waterways. That\u2019s according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. Secretary Ben Grumbles says salt can also  threaten  aquatic life.<br><br>He\u2019s praising the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration. \u201cState Highway Administration is using technologies and alternatives to road salts to ensure public safety,\u201d Secretary Grumble says. \u201cBut also by reducing the amount of road salts, we reduce the risk to waterways and wildlife.\u201d<br><br>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmd.com\/2022\/01\/17\/mdot-sha-receives-praise-for-reducing-its-use-of-salt-to-clear-snow-ice-covered-roads\/\">the story<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt has been used for many years to remove snow and ice from roads during winter storms. But it can also be harmful to waterways. That\u2019s according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. Secretary Ben Grumbles says salt can also threaten aquatic life. He\u2019s praising the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration. \u201cState<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2022\/01\/18\/wfmd-mdot-sha-receives-praise-for-reducing-its-use-of-salt-to-clear-snow-ice-covered-roads\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,81,1],"tags":[28,94],"class_list":["post-3638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clean-water-2","category-news-stories","category-secretary-grumbles","category-uncategorized","tag-clean-water","tag-secretary-ben-grumbles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}