Dan Cristallino, crew leader with the Cranberry Township Public Works Department, checks out the salt mix the township uses to keep roads passable when snow hits. Butler Eagle file photo

CRANBERRY TWP — Winter may not be over just yet, but for some municipal road crews across Butler County what’s already passed of the snowy season has been anywhere between average and grueling.

Storms and prolonged cold temperatures, compounded by outside factors such as supply chain issues and staffing shortages, made the winter of 2021-22 a challenging time for more than a few local departments.

Dave Meeder, director of public works in Butler Township, said he thought this winter was “a little bit worse” than the past few years, an opinion echoed by Cranberry Township public works director Kelly Maurer. Both Meeder and Maurer, however, said it was within expectations for a normal winter season.

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