Thursday morning’s commute brought snow squalls, making it hard for drivers to see and backing up traffic. “It makes it difficult for the trucks to navigate with a lot of traffic. Everybody slows down because they have to, so that makes it even more difficult. If it’s at a standstill, our trucks are standing still as well,” said Dan Shepard from VTrans. Not everyone was excited to look out their window and see snow, but Debbie Rabideau was. “If you’re going to be in Vermont in the winter, you need the snow, as far as I’m concerned,” Rabideau said.Rabideau braved the snow by car and on foot. She dropped off her car on Thursday morning for snow tires. “I couldn’t drive for like three days because it’s been snowing and snowing and snowing lately. But I have studded snow tires, and you’re supposed to wait,” she said. “I’m one of those few diehard people, so I can go out anywhere with my studded snow tires.”Rabideau said she was slipping and sliding getting out of her driveway and onto the main road. As temperatures start to drop overnight Thursday into Friday, Shepard said the wind may help clear the roads so crews can better treat them for any ice that may form. “They’re still going to be monitoring for those wet spots and probably going to have to reapply some material before commute time just to keep them from freezing over,” he said. “There’s enough salt residue on the road that’s going to help some to keep that salt from freezing, but the temperatures drop as drastically, they say their stuff will freeze up pretty good.”Regardless of the conditions, VTrans hoped people could still be patient with the plows and other drivers this winter.
Thursday morning’s commute brought snow squalls, making it hard for drivers to see and backing up traffic.
“It makes it difficult for the trucks to navigate with a lot of traffic. Everybody slows down because they have to, so that makes it even more difficult. If it’s at a standstill, our trucks are standing still as well,” said Dan Shepard from VTrans.
Not everyone was excited to look out their window and see snow, but Debbie Rabideau was.
“If you’re going to be in Vermont in the winter, you need the snow, as far as I’m concerned,” Rabideau said.
Rabideau braved the snow by car and on foot. She dropped off her car on Thursday morning for snow tires.
“I couldn’t drive for like three days because it’s been snowing and snowing and snowing lately. But I have studded snow tires, and you’re supposed to wait,” she said. “I’m one of those few diehard people, so I can go out anywhere with my studded snow tires.”
Rabideau said she was slipping and sliding getting out of her driveway and onto the main road.
As temperatures start to drop overnight Thursday into Friday, Shepard said the wind may help clear the roads so crews can better treat them for any ice that may form.
“They’re still going to be monitoring for those wet spots and probably going to have to reapply some material before commute time just to keep them from freezing over,” he said. “There’s enough salt residue on the road that’s going to help some to keep that salt from freezing, but the temperatures drop as drastically, they say their stuff will freeze up pretty good.”
Regardless of the conditions, VTrans hoped people could still be patient with the plows and other drivers this winter.