Petersburg to Use Less Salt on Roads This Winter
Peterburg municipal services will use salt and granite chips during winter, said Sergey Petrichenko, head of the Committee on Urban Development, at a press conference.
Consensus
- Petersburg's road and park services are fully prepared for the 2026–2027 winter season.
- The city plans to use less salt this winter compared to the previous year.
- Salt will be used on urban roads only as needed.
- Granite chips and granite screenings will be used on green spaces instead of salt.
- The city has secured 139,000 m³ of salt for the winter season.
- Officials have conducted training to prevent excessive salt use.
- Excessive salt use in the previous winter was attributed to equipment breakdowns and ungrounded application.
Points of divergence
- The salt being used is described as 'galit', which is food-grade salt. — fontanka
- The city previously used 93,8 thousand tons of salt in the last winter, nearly 1.5 times more than in 2024. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- In the 2025–2026 season, 68 thousand tons of sand were purchased for the city's needs. — fontanka
- The city had 175 thousand tons of technical salt stockpiled in autumn 2025. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- The city previously experienced salt piles being scattered due to theft of reagent containers and acknowledged that overuse of salt occurs. — tg_paperpaper_ru
Coverage (3 sources)
- In Smolny hope to spread less salt on roads this winter — Бумага
- In St. Petersburg, less salt is planned for winter road treatment — Интерфакс
- Combination enterprise went for salt and granite chips, promises not to oversalt — Фонтанка