As the Triad prepares for potentially heavy snow this weekend, people at the North Carolina Department of Transportation are getting ready too.
Listener Whitney Kuebert wanted to know how exactly they do that, among other things.
“Who makes the decision – when bad weather is coming – which roads get treated?”
We went searching for answers from the people at NCDOT Division 9.
At the division's maintenance yard at noon Friday, there were a few trucks and loaders here and there, and a crew preparing salt brine for the roads. But mostly, it was quiet.
Though, to be fair, it's the quiet before the snowstorm.
That doesn't mean road crews all over the state aren't getting ready, though. According to Division 9 Maintenance Engineer John Rhyne, it's quite the opposite.
“The five counties that we manage are all in the mode of preparing,” he says. “We're checking out equipment, adjusting our