Kentucky highway crews prepare for snow and ice season

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews have already starting prepping for snow and ice season.

Over the next couple of weeks, drivers may see plows making test runs on highways. These help drivers become familiar with their assigned routes, note hazards and check out turnaround locations.

Starting last week and continuing into this week, crews are running trucks, plows and salt distribution equipment through safety checks. Salt storage domes were topped off in August and September.

In addition to state trucks, contract trucks are available to assist with major snowfall events.

The district has five tow-plows that are outfitted to clear two travel lanes in one pass on 4-lane highways.

Western Kentucky gets an average of about 10 inches of snow per season. In most years, those events come in three to four events of about two to three inches each.



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