State agencies are planning for winter weather later this week. The National Weather Service says Dallas, Fort Worth and points northeast could receive two to five inches of snow; a Winter Weather Advisory stretches from DFW to the Rio Grande, including cities like El Paso and San Angelo.
Since the greatest threats are in West and North Texas, the Texas Department of Transportation has moved crews from the southern parts of the state to those areas. TxDOT says as many as 2,100 people have been pretreating roads with brine.
“We do have more plows. We have more equipment. We have them staged across the state more strategically, and they’re all staged and ready to go for this event,” says TxDOT’s Brian Barth.
Barth says crews are moving to areas most likely to be hit with winter weather, but part of the focus around Dallas/Fort Worth is for fans driving to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium.
“We are encouraging folks, if the roadways are impacted, not to drive if you don’t have to,” he says. “But if you do and you run across our crews treating the roadways, please give them a wide berth.”