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Updated: 10:53 PM EST Jan 2, 2025
More than 150 snowplows will deploy Thursday night into Friday morning as Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and PennDOT prepare for incoming snow during rush hour.Bill Crean, deputy director of Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works, said they are ready to deploy personnel and additional trucks during daylight hours to ensure road safety.The roads are being treated with magnesium-coated salt, effective at melting snow and ice down to negative 20 degrees.”We are doing a little pre-salting in problem areas, problem hills. We are going to close a couple of streets, Rialto, South Negley, which always give us problems. We’ll pre-place barricades there,” Crean said.Severe weather alerts: Current weather alerts for your countyInteractive radar: Track the snow as it moves through your areaLearn how to enable automatic weather alerts on the WTAE mobile app”I drive to work in Oakland. And so, I think, around my neighborhood, they do a pretty good job. They try really hard to keep those roads nice and clear. So, I hope tomorrow, for everybody driving to work, that it will be a safe commute,” Jackie Demoise said. Public Works advises against driving unless necessary and urges residents to move cars off the street. “The less cars on the road, the better. And please, take it easy and be a responsible motorist. Have good tires and have that little safety kit on you with the gallon, the water, and the blanket, and all the things that AAA tells you to have,” Crean said. The county and city ask for patience and say that roads will be treated within 24 hours of the last snowfall, with drivers taking a couple of hours to complete routes and reload.
More than 150 snowplows will deploy Thursday night into Friday morning as Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and PennDOT prepare for incoming snow during rush hour.
Bill Crean, deputy director of Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works, said they are ready to deploy personnel and additional trucks during daylight hours to ensure road safety.
The roads are being treated with magnesium-coated salt, effective at melting snow and ice down to negative 20 degrees.
“We are doing a little pre-salting in problem areas, problem hills. We are going to close a couple of streets, Rialto, South Negley, which always give us problems. We’ll pre-place barricades there,” Crean said.
“I drive to work in Oakland. And so, I think, around my neighborhood, they do a pretty good job. They try really hard to keep those roads nice and clear. So, I hope tomorrow, for everybody driving to work, that it will be a safe commute,” Jackie Demoise said.
Public Works advises against driving unless necessary and urges residents to move cars off the street.
“The less cars on the road, the better. And please, take it easy and be a responsible motorist. Have good tires and have that little safety kit on you with the gallon, the water, and the blanket, and all the things that AAA tells you to have,” Crean said.
The county and city ask for patience and say that roads will be treated within 24 hours of the last snowfall, with drivers taking a couple of hours to complete routes and reload.
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