Two Lexington Urban County Council members were critical Tuesday of the city’s response to winter weather after a blast of snow hit Lexington roadways early in the morning, quickly freezing over and leading to over 150 collisions Tuesday morning.
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton told the Herald-Leader “no one saw ice coming.” after the city woke up to accumulation from overnight snow that caused significant road issues and led Fayette County Public Schools to cancel in-person class. But some members of the Urban County Council say the city should have been more prepared to respond.
“It’s unfortunate timing that something has happened so close to (Winter Storm Fern), and I was really hoping that the next time something happened, we would have a little bit better response,” 9th District Council member Whitney Baxter said in Tuesday’s council meeting. “Actually, a lot of a bit better response.”…