Salting of sidewalks and roads is punishable in Prague

Prague - Some residents of the metropolis use salt for cleaning sidewalks and paths. Salting is prohibited according to the city regulations. The Prague city hall is not currently considering monitoring the salting. Some mayors have even requested that the city allow salting. According to Deputy Mayor Rudolf Blažek (ODS), there is no reason for that.
    The regulation prohibits salting sidewalks and using mixtures of sodium or calcium chloride; it is also forbidden to spread cinders or ash. Until this winter, only inert materials with grain sizes up to four millimeters could be used, and in the fall, the city allowed them to be up to eight millimeters.
    In recent days, for example, some sidewalks on Wenceslas Square were salted, and white "maps" from salt could also be seen near some entrances and stairs to the metro.
    Violating the regulation is an offense for which people can receive a fine. However, the leadership of the capital does not want to monitor salting for the time being.
    The mixture used by road workers to treat roadways also contains salt. It can make up to 90 percent of it. Salt damages trees, which can even die, and it corrodes animals' legs.
    It is also difficult to remove salt from water after the snow melts. "The cleaning process in treatment plants is less effective; salted waters are difficult to purify. Salt is very difficult to remove, or it may not be removed at all. The waters become saltier than they should be, which then changes the fauna and flora in river flows," quoted the ecologist Mojmír Vlašín by the server.