{"id":423912,"date":"2026-01-23T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423912\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:06:07","slug":"vdot-warns-drivers-to-stay-off-roads-during-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/423912\/","title":{"rendered":"VDOT warns drivers to stay off roads during storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Virginia Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to stay off roads this weekend as the amount of ice and snow may make plowing difficult. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">VDOT officials say their priority is treating interstates, primary roads like 220, and high-volume secondary routes. They are also warning that because of this storm\u2019s impact, crews may not get to residential or low-volume streets for some time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cPeople need to be prepared for this storm, and once it starts, do not drive. If you have the opportunity, you need to drive now; you need to travel ahead of the storm. Adjust your travel around this storm and do not ride once it\u2019s starts. It\u2019s going to take some time, considering the potential impacts of this winter weather event for us to be able to plow and treat roads.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">VDOT is advising people to visit their 511 website for the latest information on road condtions in real time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WSLS 10 &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsChar Morrison headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/team\/0AYRLFJRVL667KOTNGW94MFO79\/\" title=\"View Char Morrison&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Char Morrison<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Char Morrison joined the WSLS team as a Content Gatherer in fall 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Virginia Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to stay off roads this weekend as the amount of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,2483,3,63316,60376,452,453,2427,173743,2986,19818],"class_list":["post-423912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-ice","tag-news","tag-roads","tag-snow","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-travel","tag-vdot","tag-weather","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}