LANSING, NY (607NewsNow) – Lansing is getting new equipment. 

 The town has received a $99,500 grant from the DEC’s Water Quality Improvement Project program (WQIP).

The money will help purchase salt brine manufacturing equipment and truck-mounted brine spreading equipment. The new gear will be retrofitted to an existing plow, allowing workers to apply brine directly to the roadway to prevent ice from forming during a snowstorm.

Officials say it will reduce the town’s overall usage of road salt while helping to protect water quality in Cayuga Lake.