The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) wants people to make sure they have emergency supplies when they travel midweek when a winter storm could bring snow, ice and dangerous travel conditions.
The National Weather Service’s latest forecast indicated an increased chance for a winter storm to impact central North Carolina starting Wednesday, with lingering impacts through the rest of the week.
Forecasts say more snow was likely for north central North Carolina, while areas south of U.S. 64 were more likely to get a combination of snow, ice and freezing rain. However, there is still uncertainty as to how the storm system will track and what areas could receive snow, ice or rain.
NCDOT staff are prepared for what Mother Nature may bring. Most maintenance crews in NCDOT highway divisions across the state started Monday spreading a saltwater mixture called brine on state-maintained roads, including interstates, other highways and primary routes, and some secondary roads. Brine helps prevent ice from bonding to the pavement. Some maintenance crews in central North Carolina and closer to the coast are readying their chain saws in case icy accumulation topples some trees onto roads.
The agency has about 2,500 specially trained employees and contract crews, and hundreds of trucks that can be equipped with plows and spreaders used to pretreat roads and remove snow and ice after a storm hits.
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