While N.C. Department of Transportation crews continue clearing snow and ice in western North Carolina, about 10 percent of the regions resources, including personnel and equipment, are traveling to the eastern part of the state where more than a foot of snow is expected to accumulate.
Substantial forces will remain in each western North Carolina division, where some counties have been working on snow and ice removal since this weekend. Todays snowfall throughout the western region necessitated continued de-icing operations, but each division has adequate resources remaining to continue treating roads.
Some divisions have chosen to supplement existing de-icing crews with contractors used routinely during winter snow and ice removal.
Heres how each of the divisions contributed to de-icing efforts in eastern North Carolina:
Division 11 (which includes Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties)
-Sent 10 trucks with 24 employees to Division 4 (which includes Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne and Wilson counties)
-Retained 130 trucks and 200 employees in the division
Photos: Brian Fisher