COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – With another snowstorm set to sweep across the Pikes Peak Region on Tuesday overnight into Wednesday, Southern Colorado road crews say they\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday night, the 11 Alert Weather team is forecasting the following snow totals for communities across Southern Colorado:<\/p>\n
Colorado Springs: 3-6 inchesMonument: 5-8 inchesWoodland Park: 5-8 inchesFountain: 2-4 inchesCripple Creek: 6-10 inchesFalcon: 3-6 inches<\/p>\n
Corey Farkas, Colorado Springs Public Works Operations and Maintenance Division Manager, said his crews spent Tuesday on what they call a stop day. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe go back through all of our trucks, make sure everything is fueled, cleaned. We download materials that we need to prior to any storm coming in, and we can always load materials back onto our vehicles,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of our folks are ready. Our equipment is ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to El Paso County officials, their road crews pretreated roughly 300 miles of their busiest roads on Tuesday. They said they also scheduled their first shift to report at midnight, provided rest time, and will keep at it until the roads are clear.<\/p>\n
The first flakes of snow began falling in Colorado Springs around 7:00 p.m. outside the 11 News Studio:<\/p>\n
Farkas said they\u2019re not just worried about how much snow is set to fall but how fast it will come down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been hearing anywhere from half an inch to an inch of snowfall per hour for the rate of snowfall,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Farkas said their snow plan is broken up into primary and secondary roadways. He said primary roadways include the largest and busiest streets in the city, such as Woodman, Union, and Academy Boulevard.<\/p>\n
He said plows will not get onto secondary roadways until primary roadways are clear and safe, something that could impact schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of our schools sit on secondary roadways,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a pretty good chance that schools may close down because we\u2019re not hitting those secondaries yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
For those who need to get out on the road in the snow, Colorado Springs Police Department Public Relations Manager Ira Cronin said there are a couple of ways to stay safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinter driving isn\u2019t anything to be afraid of, but the problem is when people approach driving in winter conditions like it\u2019s any other day, and that really is when people get themselves into trouble,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Cronin said during the last snow event, which dropped snow across Southern Colorado on Sunday, CSPD got 180 calls for service for accidents on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t say they were all attributed to the weather, but it\u2019s a pretty good guess that a good amount of them were,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cronin said drivers need to be patient, go slowly, and give themselves plenty of stopping distance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not getting going that\u2019s a problem, it\u2019s always the stopping,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether you\u2019re in a two-wheel drive, a front-wheel drive or a four-wheel drive vehicle, stopping is an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farkas said drivers need to give plows plenty of space, but said it\u2019s even more helpful for people to stay home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes it very difficult for us to do our job, clearing snow and treating the pavement, when we\u2019re stuck in traffic,\u201d he said. \u201cThe less vehicles that we have on the road, the more we can do our job.\u201d<\/p>\n
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