Date:
Monday, January 15, 2007
Contact:
Greg Phipps, WSDOT Communications, (206) 437-6314 (Seattle)
SEATTLE – WSDOT crews are getting ready for more snow and ice in Western Washington and are urging drivers to make their own preparations. Forecasts are calling for up to four inches of snow beginning early Tuesday morning. This storm also brings the potential for icy roads.
WSDOT has more than 200 vehicles ready to fight snow and ice on Western Washington highways and freeways, including snow plows, deicers, sanders, and dump trucks. Crews will be out in force early Tuesday morning applying deicer throughout the region before the snow falls.
Drivers should consider staying home if they can. WSDOT advises those who must drive to prepare for a treacherous morning and afternoon commute Tuesday. What drivers can do today:
- Make contingency plans for you and your family and closely monitor weather conditions.
- Talk to your employer about winter contingency plans
- If you use transit, check with your transit provider about adverse weather routes
- If you do have to drive, prepare your car for winter driving and plan for additional time in your car. Fill your gas tank, stock your car with basic safety equipment, and keep extra supplies, such as a blanket and food, on hand.
- Carry snow chains and be familiar with how to put them on your tires.
- For more tips, visit our winter driving Web page: www.wsdot.wa.gov/winter
- Check road conditions before you get on the road.
In addition to getting traveler information through the media, electronic roadway message signs and Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) messages, drivers have multiple ways of getting information about road closures and trouble spots:
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