Road crews continue to treat road conditions as snow moves through Mid-Missouri
ABC 17 News
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ)
MoDOT's crews have been out all day Saturday pretreating and treating roads throughout the winter weather event.
Jason Shafer, the District Maintenance Engineer for MoDot, said the department's main concern is ensuring enough treatment is applied to roads as they fight the low temperatures. Once temperatures get below the low 20's the salt crews put down on roads can become ineffective. Shafer says it's important crews get as much treatment onto roads in a short amount of time as possible.
Jefferson City Public Works sent out road crews earlier this afternoon. Britt Smith, Operations Division Director for Jefferson City Public Works, says supervisors will be on call throughout the night and crews will continue to treat roads and monitor slick areas.