The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 2 Snow/Ice Team is carefully monitoring a winter weather event that is expected to hit the 11 county region with a winter mix of precipitation on Thursday and Friday.
Area highway crews have stocked up on brine to prepare to pre-treat roadways, if possible. At this point it appears rain will move in ahead of the winter precipitation. That generally prohibits pre-treating because the rain would wash away any benefits.
The Snow/Ice Team will continue to monitor the weather forecast. If the chance of rain diminishes crews will be prepared to pre-treat. Otherwise, crews are continuing their regular maintenance activities. In between other duties, operators will be checking their equipment to assure they are prepared for whatever arrives at our doorstep later in the week.
Motorists are asked to carefully monitor area news media outlets for updates as this winter weather event approaches.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has established snow/ice priority routes for each county. Maps showing the snow removal priority routes are available at http://go.usa.gov/gmDe. In the initial hours of a winter weather event, crews focus much of their attention on “A” Snow/Ice Priority Routes such as Interstates, Parkways and U.S. Highways. As conditions improve on major transportation routes, crews move to “B” routes which are generally connector routes, then move to “C” routes which are generally rural secondary highways.
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