Malvern, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — This will likely be a troublesome storm for PennDOT, because the crew already handles sure roads.
Brad Rudolph, deputy director of communications at PennDOT, stated:
A few of our western suburbs wakened Thursday morning to ice-smooth situations, and the roads remained moist as temperatures rose all through the day.
Natasha Walters stated, “I simply got here in from South Jersey within the morning and it was muddy. I believe,” he stated.
With continued rain and far cooler temperatures anticipated on Friday, PennDOT stated conserving the roads dry to stop freezing is the largest problem.
“Maintain it dry. We need to preserve it dry for so long as doable earlier than the temperature drops, as a result of moist surfaces freeze, particularly at excessive elevations,” Rudolph defined.
Along with ice and rain, doubtlessly damaging winds are additionally anticipated. PennDOT says the wind helps dry the roads, however it will possibly trigger different issues.
“Particularly tomorrow, wind, energy strains and bushes may very well be a priority,” Rudolph stated.
PennDOT will proceed to observe the state of affairs with extra crew members working across the clock. They are saying all of the snow is simpler to deal with than we anticipated.
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