Motorists encouraged to drive cautiously, give extra travel time

December 16, 2010

CARY, NC – Winter precip has once again made it to Cary, and the Town of Cary’s A-Team Snow Fighters are out in full force targeting Cary’s main roads, bridges, significant hills and historically icy spots with sand and salt. There have been no storm-related traffic accidents reported thus far in Cary.

OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS

• Town Hall will be open on regular schedule, including tonight’s meeting of the Cary Town Council.
• C-Tran fixed route service is operating on normal schedule.
• Town parks, recreation, and cultural programs, classes, and sports activities that begin prior to noon are cancelled. Facilities will open as normal except for Cary Tennis Park and Sk8-Cary, so please call them before visiting. A decision on classes that begin between noon - 5 p.m. will be made by 10 a.m., and the decision for classes starting after 5 p.m. will be made by 3 p.m. For more information call (919) 469-4061 or any staffed facility.

TRASH COLLECTION

Solid waste and recycling are being collected today. Please call (919) 469-4090 if you missed us.

"Our brining operation over the last two days put us in a good position to address this morning’s bad weather,” said Town of Cary Public Works Director Scott Hecht. Hecht added that crews have 2,300 tons of sand/salt mix along with more than 650 tons of pure salt and 55 pieces of winter weather-fighting equipment available to clear Cary’s 678 linear miles of streets, about 447 linear miles of which are within subdivisions.

The A-Team treats/clears thoroughfares, primary roads in subdivisions, followed by through-streets in subdivisions and then cul-de-sacs. The Town does not treat or clear private parking lots, including those in apartment and condominium complexes or at businesses.

Please do not call 911 unless there is an immediate threat to life, health, or property. All non-emergency snow calls should be placed to (919) 469-4090; customer service representatives will be staffing the phones beginning at 6 a.m. Complete wintry weather information is also available on the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org.

Subscribe now to our free email service for the latest Cary info. The Town typically updates citizens and the media with news releases throughout winter weather events each morning, afternoon, and evening. Just click on the green envelope for “Email Alerts” under More News at www.townofcary.org. Also, monitor road conditions 24/7 via the Town’s traffic camera system by visiting the wink traffic camera section of the Web site or tuning into Cary TV 11 on Time Warner cable or ATT&T Uverse.

This is the last news release expected for this weather event.

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Related Links:

Winter Weather Information http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Administration/pio/Winter_Weather_Information.htm

E-mail Subscriber Services www.townofcary.org

WINK wink.townofcary.org.

CARY TV 11 http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Administration/pio/carytv.htm