FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
February 1, 2010, 4 a.m.

Town of Cary's A-Team Preps Roads for Morning Commute

CARY, NC – The Town of Cary’s Snow Fighters are on-scene throughout Cary, spreading a salt/sand mixtures on hills, bridges and historically trouble spots in preparation for the Monday morning commute. Later today, crews will return to plowing residential and secondary roads, with priority given to those with garbage collection earlier in the week. Since the first signs of wintry weather Friday evening, there have been 27 storm-related traffic accidents, two with non-life threatening injuries, reported thus far in Cary.

“Drivers should postpone traveling as much as possible so that the sun can warm up the roads,” said Town of Cary Public Works Director Scott Hecht. “Stay alert, and if you must go outside, please be watchful of black ice, and allow extra time for travel.”

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
The Citizens Convenience Center will reopen today and operate under regular hours.

Town Hall will open on regular schedule.

The Town of Cary Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources programs, classes and sports activities that begin prior to noon are canceled for today. Facilities will open according to regular operational hours. A decision regarding programs that begin after noon will be made today at 10 a.m. 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 not offer its door-to-door services today. It will service the fixed routes starting at 8 a.m., and will provide Tier 1 ADA services. Transit riders may call C-Tran at (919) 481-2020 with any questions.

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 p.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