Cabinet approves next step for salt barns project

Denbighshire County Council’s Cabinet has agreed the next steps to bring an important winter resilience project online.

Cabinet members discussed this week the Salt Barns North project. They approved the tendering and procurement of the project in order to develop a new building to facilitate the safe and correct storage of salt for the purpose of winter maintenance operations which service the north of the county.

Previously the Cabinet in September had approved costs of £2,806,968.84 to bring this project to life at Bodelwyddan.

The site at Bodelwyddan operates the winter maintenance service for the north of the county and is strategically located to cover coastal towns of Rhyl and Prestatyn as well as the more rural areas of the north of the county,

More importantly the position of the depot to the A55 is vital in terms of winter maintenance provision to comply with Welsh Government and the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency guidelines.

Due to its importance, the site’s salt storage facilities are needed to be updated and modernised to address both environmental concerns and any possible future risks to the resilience of the winter operations of the service.

Cllr Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport said: “This project will have a significant positive impact on Highways and Environmental Services through providing appropriate and fit for purpose salt storage facilities.

“The proposed development will provide a more efficient, safer working environment for the staff, whilst ensuring full compliance with environmental standards and providing further resilience for winter maintenance and adverse weather service delivery from this important site.”