VDOT warns Virginians towards needless travel as additional winter season weather strategies

The Virginia Section of Transportation is warning drivers to stay cautious on roadways, as refreezes make roadways treacherous and the likelihood of additional wintertime climate strategies the commonwealth.

VDOT mentioned crews are continue to performing in 12-hour shifts to obvious main and secondary streets, two days immediately after a snowstorm that left drivers from Richmond to D.C. stranded on Interstate 95 — some for additional than 24 several hours.

The section questioned that motorists prevent nonessential journey and to be incredibly careful if they do head out on to the roadways, as black ice and generally slick disorders could plague a lot of of the roadways in Virginia.

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Electrical power outages have been a typical event adhering to the storm, and Dominion Power stated that some 400,000 consumers were impacted. This also left several targeted visitors lights and cameras devoid of ability, although VDOT reported it has been functioning with Dominion to get these operational once again speedily.

A lot more snow is envisioned to tumble Thursday night, and some areas of Northern Virginia could see up to 4 inches.

Interstates, most important streets and key secondary roadways will get precedence for road clearing, followed by secondary and subdivision streets.

VDOT is also warning drivers to steer clear of unwanted travel in the space of Fredericksburg Town, as additional than 100 condition-managed roads have been shut as of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday due to fallen trees and electric power strains, and a lot of secondary roadways are continue to coated in snow and ice.

Motorists are requested to postpone travel as lengthy as probable in order to give crews time to take care of roads, and allow for a lot of vacation time as soon as they do set out. Drivers really should also leave lots of place in between their car and the car in advance of them, and brake flippantly…