St. Louis neighborhoods will be getting some relief from ice-covered side streets resulting from last week's blizzard.
The received over 250 requests for service this morning.
Streets Director Todd Waelterman says 50 crews are out spreading a mixture of sand and salt on some of the worst areas.
"Salt won't do a lot right now at this temperature today, but the sands mixed in will provide a little traction, and when we see these slightly warming temperatures tomorrow, that could rise above freezing鈥t will really activate the salt and we'll try to get this moving a little faster," Waelterman said.
Waelterman says the city has had to use an unprecedented amount salt this winter which has put an additional strain on an already-tight city budget.
