Lexington officials are not giving up on clearing the city’s roads after winter storm Fern covered the area in more ice than forecasters initially expected.
Turn lanes, major intersections, school bus routes and built-up ice piles will be a focus of the weekend’s winter response efforts, on top of general roadway plowing and clearance.
City street crews plan to use front-end loaders and skid steers to break up patches of ice over the weekend. Road salt and Beet Heet, a deicer derived from beets, will still be applied to local roadways…