VDOT urging drivers to avoid the roads Thursday VDOT urging drivers to avoid the roads Thursday By Brent Solomon | February 17, 2021 at 1:06 PM EST - Updated February 18 at 9:34 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Work got underway Wednesday to ease the treacherous road conditions likely to come from this round of winter weather. Transportation crews are gearing up for more ice, and of course, more trees to fall over roadways. That’s why they’re telling drivers to avoid travel Thursday. It feels like Deja vu for many drivers who braved the roads during the last ice storm. “I take my time. I just take my time,” Lisa Goode said.