Tracking road conditions in the Triangle
THINGS YOU CAN DO AHEAD OF
TIME. COMING UP IN A FEW
MINUTES CAN BY CHECKING THE
MORNING COMMUTE IN THE 9
O'CLOCK HOUR. I'M SHOWING YOU
I-40 IN LAKE WHEELER ROAD FOR A
COUPLE REASONS. ONE BECAUSE
IT'S VERY LITTLE TO NO TRAFFIC
WHATSOEVER.
>> THE OTHER REASON IS BECAUSE
YOU SEEING NOTHING BUT PAVEMENT
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON
ALL OF THE MAJOR ROUTES THIS
MORNING. BUT IT'S STILL
SECONDARY ROADS THAT ARE REALLY
CONCERNING. LET'S GET TO
STORMTRACKER KILLS A COUGHING
FIT. ALL OF THEM ARE
COLLECTING. YOU GUYS ARE
DRIVING ALONG ONE OF THOSE
SECONDARY ROADS POOL ROAD AND
SAYS IT'S ONE OF THE WORST
CONDITIONS YOU'VE SEEN THIS
MORNING.
>> YES, CAN IT IS THIS
PARTICULAR SECTION OF POOLE
ROAD THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW
IS NOT AS BAD AS WE SAW EARLIER
THIS MORNING NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF BETHLEHEM ROAD.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A
LIVE LOOK AT THESE ROAD
CONDITIONS HERE. SO NOW THIS
PART OF POOLE ROAD IS CLOSER TO
HODGE ROAD. THAT'S NEAR THAT
HE'LL THAT'S ON POOLE ROAD.
THIS AREA. WE'RE SEEING A LOT
MORE SLUSH THAN WE ARE ICE DOWN
NEAR BETHLEHEM ROAD. JUST A
SHEET OF ICE THERE. SO BE
CAREFUL IF THIS AREA IS
SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU PLAN ON
DRIVING TODAY AGAIN, WE'RE JUST
ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO STAY OFF
THE ROAD AS A LOT OF THESE
SECONDARY ROADS HERE. OUR IT'S
REALLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A
LOT OF MAJOR INTERSTATES.
WE'RE NOT SEEING TOO MANY
ISSUES THERE. A FEW ISSUES WITH
ON-RAMPS AND OFF-RAMPS. BUT
OVERALL, IT'S CLEAR. KEN, WHAT
ELSE CAN YOU TELL FOLKS, THE
TROUBLE SPOT THAT YOU'RE
MONITORING REAL INTO LENO?
MAIN TROUBLE SPOTS JUST OF
REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, THOSE
SECOND DULOS LIKE KUZ JUST
SHOWED YOU. THOSE ARE THE ONES
THAT STILL CONCERNING RIGHT
NOW. SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
NAVIGATING SOME OF THOSE ROADS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PICKING UP A
LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY ON ALL OF
THE MAJOR ROUTES, ONE TO 2
MINUTES HERE AND THERE WITH THE
A COMING IN FROM DURING THE
COMING INTO WAKE FOREST
KNIGHTDALE.
>> AND THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE JUST TAKING THE TIME
THIS MORNING TO JUST GET TO
THEIR DESTINATIONS. AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING YOU TO
DO. FOR THE MOST PART. WE'VE
ALSO BEEN HERE FOR FOLKS IN
NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY AND THE
ROUGE MONTH, AARON, THAT THOSE
RULES ARE REALLY ICY THIS
MORNING TO YOU LIVE ON OR NEAR
THE AN AREA JUST BE MINDFUL
OF THAT. IF YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT HEADING OUT THIS MORNING.
BUT AS FAR AS OTHER ROADS,
THESE DELAYS ARE REALLY PEOPLE
TAKING THE TIME ONCE AGAIN, YOU
COMING IN FROM CHAPEL HILL,
LOOKING AT A 3 MINUTE DELAY.
THE OTHER SPOT IS USING HIGHWAY
98 OUT OF WEEK FOR US TO GET TO
HIM. YOU LOOKING AT A 4 MINUTE
DELAY, BUT YOU GETTING READY TO
HEAD OUT. TAKE YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING. DON'T BE NERVOUS
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ROADS
CAN BE SOME LITTLE TRICKY AS
ALWAYS. WE'RE ON THE AIR IN