Fulton DPW Recognized In Cornell Local Roads Program’s 2020 Build A Better Mousetrap Competition

FULTON – The Cornell Local Roads Program (CLRP) recognized the City of Fulton Department of Public Works in its 2020 Build a Better Mousetrap Competition for their outstanding achievement in innovation.

The Department displayed exemplary ingenuity in the development of its “Salt Dogg 3000 Municipal Sidewalk Spreader.” The City of Fulton sidewalk spreader combines a snow blower chassis with a tailgate salt spreader to efficiently perform preventative winter maintenance on municipal sidewalks.

“The Build a Better Mousetrap Competition highlights innovation at the local level. The entries for 2020 include a fantastic array of outstanding ideas by the highway and public works departments across New York State,” said Cornell Local Roads Program Director David Orr.

The CLRP Build a Better Mousetrap Competition is a statewide contest for NYS highway and public works departments held annually to discover and share creative innovations that solve everyday problems. Entries are judged under the criteria of cost, implementation, transferability, and commonality of the problem solved. Winners go on to be entered into a national competition.

The Cornell Local Roads Program provides technical assistance and training to highway and public works departments across New York State. Additional information about the CLRP Build a Better Mousetrap Competition can be found online at http://www.clrp.cornell.edu/trainingevents/BBMT.html For more information, contact the Cornell Local Roads Program at (607) 255-5833 or by email at [email protected].

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