FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
January 31, 2010, 3 p.m.

Town of Cary's A-Team Sees Progress on Secondary Roads
Primary Roads Cleared with Minimal Trouble Spots

CARY, NC – Since shifting its focus to secondary roads, the Town of Cary’s Snow Fighters have made significant progress on the residential streets throughout Cary. Crews will continue to plow and spray salt/sand mix until sunset, at which time plowing will seize and efforts will switch to salt/sand only as temperatures drop in the overnight hours. The main thoroughfares cleared yesterday continue to remain clear with minimal icy spots. Since the first signs of wintry weather Friday evening, there have been 26 storm-related traffic accidents, two with non-life threatening injuries, reported thus far in Cary.

“Drivers should be aware that not all roads in Cary are as clean as our main thoroughfares,” said Town of Cary Public Works Director Scott Hecht. “Stay alert, and if you must go outside, please be watchful of black ice.”

Crews are focusing residential efforts with priority given to those with garbage collection earlier in the week. For a look at the roads in Cary, The Town of Cary offers real-time streaming video information of 23 major intersections in Cary through its wink program. Wink is available 24-hours a day at the Town of Cary Web site, Cary TV 11 on Time Warner Cable channel 11 and AT&T Uverse Channel 99. Images on the Web site are refreshed every three minutes, and no specific software is needed to access wink.

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.

OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS
Previously announced it would be open, the Citizens Convenience Center will now be closed today. It will reopen tomorrow and operate under regular hours.

Town Hall will open on regular schedule tomorrow.

The Town of Cary Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources programs, classes and sports activities that begin prior to noon are canceled for Monday, February 1. Facilities will open according to regular operational hours. A decision regarding programs that begin after noon will be made by 10 a.m. Monday. The Teen Scene Sugar Ski Trip (course code 44729) has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 20. Registration is still open for the event and can be made at any Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources facility. For more information, call (919) 469-4061 or any Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources facility. For a listing of facility information, visit the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources on the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org.

C-Tran will be closed as usual today. Transit riders may call C-Tran at (919) 481-2020 to confirm that service will be available.

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 99.

The next news release update will be issued around 4 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