Sapulpa’s Dewey Street opened with a brand new look, Jan. 16. Now, city crews are hoping to protect it from winter weather. Those efforts will come with a recommendation to business owners: no salt.
City leaders say the chemical compounds of salt can damage concrete, especially the brand new version of it just installed as sidewalks along Dewey Avenue.
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NO SALT: Sapulpa leaders discourage Dewey St. businesses from salting sidewalks
“Our concrete is only a couple weeks old, at that. And so it has not had the complete time to cure that it needs to. Salt is a chemical, and the compound will bind with our concrete, and it will actually deteriorate it. [Salt will] cause pits in the concrete, cracks, and all those things,” Lucy Lawson, a spokesperson for the City of Sapulpa said…