SCDOT to prepare roads for possible winter weather

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina’s transportation officials are preparing for potential winter weather impacts throughout the state this coming week.

As confidence in winter precipitation becomes clearer, the South Carolina Department of Transportation said its crews will begin spraying salt brine or salting roadways ahead of any wintry weather conditions where needed.

Crews will begin with interstates and primary routes before working their way to secondary roads.

“Please slow down and leave room between your vehicle and the salt truck,” said SCDOT. “This increases safety and protects your vehicle from damage caused by salt or salt brine.”

SCDOT will shift to monitoring roadways and de-icing efforts once they see impacts.

Bitterly cold temperatures will move into southeast South Carolina next week, and forecasters are monitoring an increasing chance for some winter weather in the Lowcountry area.

“The probabilities for accumulating winter precipitation impacting the area continue to increase, but it is still too soon to pin down specific impacts and amounts,” said Storm Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Rob Fowler. “The window of greatest impacts looks to be Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.”

Fowler said some travel issues could continue into Wednesday night and Thursday as wet roads could refreeze.

Count on News 2 and Storm Team 2 for updates.