FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
January 29, 2010, 8:30 p.m.

Cary's A-team Hits the Streets with Sand, Salt

CARY, NC – The snow is falling in Cary, and the Town of Cary’s Snow Fighters are out in full force targeting Cary’s main roads, bridges, significant hills and historically icy spots with sand and salt. Snow started to fall in parts of Cary at 6:45 p.m. There have been no storm-related traffic accidents reported thus far in Cary.

“We will continue to spread our salt and sand mix until the snow accumulates to such a point that plowing would be effective,” said Town of Cary Public Works Director Scott Hecht.

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

On Thursday and Friday of this week, Town crews applied brine throughout North Carolina’s seventh largest community. The town has 56 pieces of snow fighting equipment available to clear Cary’s 470 miles of roads, of which about 118 miles are state-maintained roads.

OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS

The Town of Cary Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources programs, classes, and sports activities are canceled for Saturday, January 30. The Winter Wonderland events scheduled for Bond Park on Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, January 31 have also been cancelled. For more information, call (919) 469-4061 or any Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources facility. For a listing of facility information, visit theParks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources on the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org.

C-Tran has canceled all services tomorrow and will not be operational. A decision on Monday’s operations schedule will be announced on Sunday.

The Citizens Convenience Center will be closed tomorrow. A decision on Sunday’s operations schedule will be announced tomorrow afternoon.

Citizens are reminded of the following tips during inclement weather:

• Do not park on streets so that plows and other Town equipment can service the area. 
• Be mindful of slick roadways. As temperatures continue to drop into the night, roads may be more hazardous than they appear.
• Do not attempt to deal with downed limbs or trees on streets or sidewalks as they may be tangled in live power lines. Instead, call the Town at (919) 469-4090.
• 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. Complete wintry weather information is also available on the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org. 
• Be neighborly. Check on neighbors to make sure that everyone is OK.
• Stay indoors during severe winter weather. If you do decide to venture out—whether walking or driving—let folks know when and where you are going so that they can contact emergency officials should you fail to reach your destination. Take a cell phone just in case.

Subscribe now to our free e-mail 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 “E-mail Alerts” on the Town’s Web site, 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 Channel 11 or AT&T Uverse Channel 8.

The next news release update will be issued around 4:30 a.m. unless changing conditions warrant sooner action.

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PRIMARY CONTACTS: 
Scott Hecht, Public Works Director, (919) 469-4090
Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 393-4383