ARDOT asks drivers to stay home as snow and slush cover roads

HIS BOND AMOUNT WAS LISTED AS PENDING. >> AND OUR CREWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE IN OUR AREA TONIGHT. >> SO WE’RE WORKING ALL NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATES ARE NOT SPOKES MEN. DAVE PARKER IS NOW JOINING US LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT LATER ON THIS EVENING. YEAH, DAVE, THANKS FOR JOINING US. >> WHAT IS THE SITUATION LIKE FOR YOUR CREWS RIGHT NOW IN A VERY PARTICULAR PROBLEM SPOTS THAT YOU’RE FOCUSED ON? >> THE SITUATION FOR THE CREWS IS, YOU KNOW, HEAVY PLOWING. YOU KNOW, IT’S COMING DOWN REALLY HARD OUT HERE NOW. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT OF SLOW PLOWING BECAUSE THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW IS GOING TO BE PRETTY INTENSE. >> BUT WE WE EXPECTED THIS. >> WE’LL BE WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO FAR, YOU KNOW, REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS. I JUST CHECKED. WE’VE HAD A FEW ACCIDENTS ALONG 49. NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. FORTUNATELY, TRAFFIC IS MOVING, BUT IT’S MOVING SLOWLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUC

ARDOT asks drivers to stay home as snow and slush cover Arkansas roads

Updated: 6:35 PM CST Jan 24, 2023

Snow and slush covered highways, interstates and major roads in Northwest Arkansas and the River ValleyFort Smith police were inundated with traffic accident call by Tuesday afternoon. They temporarily stopped responding to traffic accidents in which no one was hurt. They asked people to exchange information and file accident reports later. A spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Transportation asked drivers to stay home Tuesday night.”The real crunch time is from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. is what I’ve been saying, ” Dave Parker with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, said. “If you can, stay off the roads tonight.”

FORT SMITH, Ark. —

Snow and slush covered highways, interstates and major roads in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley

Fort Smith police were inundated with traffic accident call by Tuesday afternoon. They temporarily stopped responding to traffic accidents in which no one was hurt. They asked people to exchange information and file accident reports later.

A spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Transportation asked drivers to stay home Tuesday night.

“The real crunch time is from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. is what I’ve been saying, ” Dave Parker with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, said. “If you can, stay off the roads tonight.”