Found on Tucson.com:
Counties concerned over salt supplies
CHICAGO — It’s only summer, but officials in Lake and McHenry counties are already worried that they could head into winter without road salt.
Susan Hofer of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services says her department hasn’t been able to find a supplier willing to bid on Lake and McHenry counties’ supply needs.
She says communities in other parts of Illinois also remain without salt suppliers.
To make matters worse, she says, there is no reserve and prices have tripled since last year.
