Overview
- Multiple regions report constrained winter service, with Meppen and the Osnabrück district reserving salt for main routes, slopes and other danger spots.
- NRW towns such as Nordwalde and parts of Minden‑Lübbecke scale back on side streets and bike paths as deliveries slip to mid‑February, while Autobahn authorities point to a 25,000‑ton reserve.
- Supplier Brüning says season shipments are more than 100 percent above last year but now arrive with longer lead times across a strained market.
- The Grasleben rock salt mine produces about 2,800 tonnes daily, yet limited truck and driver capacity has become the key constraint on distribution.
- In Berlin, Mayor Kai Wegner and Senator Ute Bonde call for a rapid legal change to permit limited sidewalk salting during extreme ice, a proposal encountering SPD skepticism under the current law.