Waiting for the plow: Here's how to check if DOT is coming to clear snow
CHANCES FOR THAT WILL TAKE A
LOOK COMING UP.
>> ELIZABETH, THANK YOU.
OUR STORMTRACKER HAS BEEN
MONITORING CONDITIONS ON THE
ROAD ALL MORNING. YES, WE FIND
A VARIOS CARLY HAYNES. SHE'S
BEEN DRIVING AROUND THIS
AFTERNOON AND PROBABLY WHICH
ROAD ARE YOU AND HOW THE
CONDITIONS THERE?
>> SO WE'RE IN REVENUES ARE
CHURCH ROAD RIGHT NOW. I'M
GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE. PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN DRIVING
AROUND FOR THE PAST HOUR, HOUR
AND A HALF OR SO, A LOT OF THE
PRIMARY ROADS ARE GOING TO LOOK
LIKE THIS. AND THAT'S A GOOD
THING BECAUSE THAT SUN IS
REALLY HELPING TO NELSON OF THE
SNOW AND ICE THAT ARE ON THE
ROADS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S
ACROSS RALEIGH. THAT'S ACROSS
KERRY. BUT THEN THE ATTENTION
TURNS TO SECONDARY ROADS.
SO WE'RE TURNING INTO A
NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW. THIS IS
EVEN PARK DRIVE AND JUST LOOK
AT THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU SEE
THIS YEAR, YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT
OF THOSE SHADED SPOTS AND
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS REALLY
DIFFICULT THAT PART OF THE ROAD
HAS NOT MELTED YET. AND IT
MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
PEOPLE TO COME OUT. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT AS SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT ARE MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS TO CLOSE SCHOOL TO
ADD THOSE 2 HOUR DELAYS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE
PRIMARY. ROADS ARE LOOKING AT
THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
NEIGHBORS CAN GET OUT ACROSS A
VERY LARGE COUNTY WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE ARE
MORE TALKBACK INTO THE WOODS
WHERE THEY GET A LOT MORE OF
THAT TREE SHADE VERSUS SOME OF
THOSE INTERSTATES AND PRIMARY
ROADS THAT ARE OUT MORE INTO
THE 2 THE SUN. SO YOU CAN SEE
THAT THIS IS DIFFICULT. YOU GOT
SOME SLUSHY PARTS LIKE WHERE
WE'RE COMING ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEN ALSO THAT SHEET OF
ICE WITH THAT MORE POWDERY
PRECIPITATION ON TOP. SO WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO NEED TO DEPEND
ON THAT. SO TO HELP WITH THIS,
I SMELLED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CARLY HAYNES, WRAL NEWS LIVE
IN STORMTRACKER.
>> CARLY, THANK YOU. IF YOU'VE
BEEN OUT ON THE ROADS, YOU'VE
NOTICED THAT THE INTERSTATES
AND MANY OF THE MAJOR ROADS
ARE CLEAR. BUT THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION CALLS THOSE
PRIMARY ROADS. THOSE ARE THE
ONES THEIR CREWS HIT. FIRST
AFTER WINTER STORMS TODAY, THEY
ARE GOING BACK OVER SOME OF
THE PRIMARY ROADS THAT THEY
MISS YESTERDAY OR THE SHADY
ROADS THAT ARE STILL ICY AS YOU
SAW FROM THE STORM TRACKER,
THEN THEY'LL HEAD INTO
COMMUNITIES TO CLEAR THOSE
SECONDARY ROADS. WE KNOW A LOT
OF FOLKS ARE GOING STIR CRAZY.
THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF THEIR
DRIVEWAY. THEY WANT TO GET OUT
OF THE SUBDIVISION AND I KNOW
THERE AND SEE THAT WE ARE ON
OUR WAY TO CAN GUARANTEE THAT.
>> KEEP IN MIND, DOT ONLY CLEAR
SUBDIVISIONS THAT THEY MAINTAIN
SPOKESPERSON KIM DIENER SAYS
THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO FIND
OUT IF THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
IS BY GOOGLING STATE MAINTAINED
ROADS. IF THEY'RE THE ONES
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ROAD, YOU
CAN CONTACT THEM TO ALERT THEM