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NJ DOT: No secret stockpile of road salt at MetLife stadium
A spokesman for the state Department of Transportation today dispelled rumors that the state is hoarding a secret stockpile of ice-melting salt at MetLife stadium, causing shortages for townships throughout New Jersey.
DOT Spokesman Joe Dee said today the rumor is utterly false and the state is facing a salt shortage just like everyone else.
“We are in the same boat as everybody else. Our salt levels are uncomfortably low for the DOT like a lot of counties and municipalities not only here in New Jersey but from the Midwest to New England.”
Dee said he’s not sure how the rumor started but it may have been a misinterpretation of a press release issued prior to the Super Bowl saying the state had the capacity to store up to 60,000 tons of salt within 30 miles of MetLife stadium. The press release concerned the state’s readiness for a Super Bowl Sunday storm, should one have occurred.
“There is no separate stockpile,” he said. (Isherwood/NJ.com)
