Those driving through Addison Township may notice a little less dust in the wind this summer.

For the second year in a row, Addison Township officials agreed to have calcium chloride applied to all secondary public roads throughout the township for dust control.

Examples include Noble Road, Curtis Road and Peninsula Drive.

The township board approved the chloride agreement with Leonard-based Road Maintenance Corporation for $54,033.98.

The contract will be paid using funds from the 2017-18 general fund budget, according to Addison Township Treasurer Lori Fisher.

While the application of calcium chloride has been done in the township many times in the past, this is only the second year the chemical will be applied to all secondary roads, as opposed to just some of them.

“We’re listening to the road commission and they explained the wind is the worst enemy of our new gravel roads,” said Supervisor Bruce Pearson. “The wind blows the fine materials away and then all you have left is the gravel. The (calcium chloride) makes everything adhere together and it saves the roads and it saves the gravel on them and helps keep the dust down.”

Road Maintenance Corporation has performed the chloriding for the township in past years and will charge 0.225 cents per foot throughout the summer.

The project will cover over 45 miles of secondary roads throughout the township and will include four applications over the course of the contract.

Township officials agreed not to seek bids this year for the road chloriding because the Road Maintenance Corporation has kept the same reasonable prices as it has in the past.

According to Pearson, the project is likely to start in the springtime, around May or June.