Ice, snow on roads making for slick journey in Charlotte space

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Icy roads posed a respectable risk to drivers within the Charlotte area on Monday morning, barely 24 hours after the realm received its largest snow in years.

Snowfall stopped late Saturday night time or early Sunday, relying on the precise location, and after the solar got here up Sunday, a few of the snow on the roads melted.

On interstates, a lot of the snow melted fully after the roadways had been snowplowed all through the weekend. Still, some leftover moist spots froze Sunday night time.

On again roads that had been untouched by snowplows, the less-traveled roadways had been nonetheless coated in snow in lots of areas.

What did soften on Sunday refroze in a single day in locations the place the roadways didn’t fully dry. That left hard-to-see patches of black ice on roads throughout the area Sunday night time into Monday.

In the wake of this weekend’s large snowfall, Charlotte transportation officials stated the highest precedence was clearing main thoroughfares — such because the interstates — then roads resulting in hospitals and hearth stations, then secondary roads. Last on the checklist was again roads and residential streets.

The excellent news is that regardless of the single-digit temperatures in some communities on Monday morning, highs are forecast to climb above freezing through the afternoon in most locations near Charlotte.

State transportation officers continued Monday morning to induce drivers to remain off the roads as a lot as doable. For anybody who does should be on the street, they’re urged to drive sluggish and provides freeway crews area to work.

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