Road crews have been pre-treating streets and highways with brine and salt in central North Carolina for days in anticipation of this weekend’s winter storm, but it’s not going to be enough to make travel safe, state officials say.
Gov. Josh Stein and other state officials are urging people to avoid driving once the sleet, ice and freezing rain begin falling Saturday evening.
“Depending on where you live, it’s about time to stay put,” Stein said during a press conference midday Saturday. “Please, do not be out on the roads unless it’s absolutely necessary. That’s for your own safety as well as the safety of the NCDOT road crews, the State Highway Patrol, the power company line crews and other emergency workers who are already hard at work.”…