Highway
crews across Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 plan to
pre-treat bridges, overpasses, and other potential trouble spots in
anticipation of snow
in the forecast for tonight and later in the week. It will also serve
to help reduce the likelihood of icing due to temperatures dropping into
the teens at night.
While
the forecast indicates a dusting of snow is likely tonight into
Wednesday, there is also a chance of snow on Friday and Sunday in the
long-range forecast.
Motorists
are asked to be alert for trucks spraying brine today and on through
the week. Crews will focus on pre-treating potential trouble spots
today, then move
to more widespread efforts through the week.
Pre-treating
uses a brine solution produced by running water through salt. The
brine is then sprayed on roadways where it dries to a fine powder and
sticks to
the road surface until it is activated by falling snow. During the
early hours of a winter weather event the salt powder improves driving
conditions by melting snow as it falls. It also prevents snow from
bonding to the pavement, allowing it to more easily
be plowed off once it accumulates.
