
How to stay safe on icy roads
To avoid a dangerous scenario, it’s best that you know a few things before you hit the road this winter.

To avoid a dangerous scenario, it’s best that you know a few things before you hit the road this winter.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.

As many are making plans now for what they’ll do over the long weekend, the Virginia State Police is advising everyone to be weather aware and factor in how the pending winter storm can/will impact those travel plans.

Precipitation continues throughout the Commonwealth, and VDOT crews remain alert for icy spots that may impact overnight travel and Monday morning commutes. Motorists should exercise caution traveling overnight and in the morning.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.

Snow is forecast to fall throughout the region during the night. Travel is not advised during the snowstorm, which may bring 3 to 5 inches to the area.

The Piedmont area of Virginia has seen the temperature rise at a rate of 0.53 degrees F per decade. Even if that doesn’t speed up, Virginia will be as hot as South Carolina by 2050 and as northern Florida by 2100.

Motorists are urged to avoid nonessential travel overnight during the storm, while snow is falling, until crews can make progress plowing and treating roads.

Snowplows and trucks applying treatment materials made progress overnight reaching more residential areas on low-volume and subdivisions streets in the Fredericksburg area.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks.