ROCKLAND, Maine — The city’s long-planned application for a salt and sand shed will go before the municipal planning board later this month.
The city filed an application this week for the $350,000 project. Voters approved borrowing $586,000 for the new facility at a November 2013 referendum, but the final proposal has come in under anticipated costs.
According to the application, the building will be a 120-foot-by-60-foot steel-framed building that will be located about 600 feet west of the existing transfer station. Public works vehicles would be able to access the building from the dump road.
The planning board will review the project at its Tuesday, Aug. 16, meeting at City Hall. The city expects the project to take two to three months to complete once approved.
City officials said the salt and sand shed was important to prevent the loss of material, to prevent materials from clumping and being less effective when spread on the roads, and to prevent polluting the Weskeag River because the salt and sand is now stored outdoors at the public services property on Burrows Street.