ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — In preparation for Wednesday’s snowstorm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is pre-treating major roads in advance of the winter weather forecast.
Anti-icing trucks have been out on high-volume roads in the PennDOT District 5 region in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties. Officials warn drivers to stay alert of ice accumulations that can deposit on the roads and may not be visible to the naked eye.
Anti-icing trucks are wetting the highway with salt brine before a storm’s arrival which lowers the freezing point of water and slows or prevents ice from forming a bond with the pavement during the early stages of a storm.
Pennsylvanians can track the location of PennDOT plow trucks on www.511PA.com to see if their local roads have been cleared of snow.
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