Following Winter Storm Gianna’s snowfall in the Triangle on Saturday, law enforcement and government agencies are encouraging residents locally and across North Carolina to stay off the roads for Sunday.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina Department of Transportation each shared updates early Sunday morning to detail the road conditions and plowing efforts — with both saying snow and ice on the roads would make travel challenging for any drivers.
The sheriff’s office posted at 6 a.m. that both Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 in Orange County were still “covered in snow” while other major roads in the county like North Carolina Highways 54 and 70 were plowed overnight. The Town of Chapel Hill reported most of its main roads as “in progress” for clearing on Sunday morning, while NCDOT got work on further clearing at least the top inches of snow off of the interstates, highways and state roads…