Planned shift in the raleigh construction zone. The dot has delayed its traffic shift planned for tonight on i40 near lake wheeler road. Crews will try again tomorrow night if the weather clears up. They plan to eventually move traffic onto three rebuilt lanes. Now to the concern over gas price running out of fuel today here in the triangle. Many people waiting in long lines tonight. This all due to a major Pipeline Leak in alabama. The Colonial Pipeline runs from texas to new york. Work is underway to repair it tonight. In the meantimegovern or mccrory says hes working to minimize any interuptions to the fuel supply. Tim pulliam live in raleigh tonight with the latest. Hours before the start of the work week drivers searching and waiting for gas across North Carolina. Lila hales driver 190933 my husband just called from the mountains and he said that theres no gas up here. He better go get gas if you need it. But supplying the need is putting a strain on gas stations. Here in the tria
Freezing rain all rain late monday night could see anywhere from three to as much is six inches of snow across a good portion of the area a little less across the south ready for the snow. This time, theyre running into a different type of fight with the winter weather. Heilman explains about this storm and how vdot is planning to handle it. Well nadia, the snow is bad enough but its those low temperatures that make tackling this storm even more difficult. We were checking in on some of the preps with vdot this afternoon. They tell us when temperatures are in the low 20s, salt doesnt work as effectively. And the pre treatment doesnt work as well, either. Vdot had a small window today to pre treat some of those interstates and major roads. Even so, theyre urging folks to stay home and travel later in the week because mondays commute is expected to be pretty difficult. Once the snow be salting the roads. Theyll be pre wetting the salt with liquid calcium chloride to jumpstart the melting