{"id":174846,"date":"2024-01-18T04:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174846"},"modified":"2024-01-18T04:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:41:29","slug":"odot-crews-ready-for-upcoming-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/18\/odot-crews-ready-for-upcoming-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"ODOT crews ready for upcoming snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is preparing for a winter event, expected to arrive in parts of northern Ohio, including Van Wert County, today and Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on predictions, ODOT is preparing for the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/snow-plow_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174847\"\/><figcaption>Plow crews are expected to be busy later today and tonight. <em>ODOT photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ODOT crews in District 1 and District 2, which comprises 16 counties throughout northwest Ohio, are checking and cleaning trucks and all equipment; and organizing full-time, auxiliary, and seasonal employees to prepare them to begin 12-hour shifts when needed.<\/li><li>In some locations, 12-hour shifts will be utilized.<\/li><li>A few inches of snow are expected over the next few days &#8212; up to eight inches in some parts of northwest Ohio. But winds are not expected to be significant, helping crews keep highways clear and creating favorable conditions for good visibility.<\/li><li>Temperatures look to remain in the 20s and 30s until Saturday which allows road salt to quickly melt ice and snow.<\/li><li>On Saturday, temperatures are expected to drop into single digits early, then warm through the day with no additional snow expected.<\/li><li>Saturday and Sunday, crews expect to be in general cleanup mode.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This appears to be a typical winter weather event with temperatures and winds in very manageable ranges,&#8221; said Rod Nuveman, ODOT District 1 highway management administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Bressler, ODOT District 2 highway management administrator, asks motorists to be careful around plows. &#8220;Already this year, eight ODOT trucks in Ohio have been struck while performing snow and ice operations. We ask motorists to be mindful of us, as we are of them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a comparison of winter material usage stats for this year versus last year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/last-year-comparison-nwjan172024_crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/last-year-comparison-nwjan172024_crop-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/last-year-comparison-nwjan172024_crop-1-550x408.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/last-year-comparison-nwjan172024_crop-1-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is preparing for a winter event, expected to arrive in parts of northern Ohio, including Van Wert County, today and Friday. Based on predictions, ODOT is preparing for the following: ODOT crews in District 1 and District 2, which comprises 16 counties throughout northwest Ohio, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 14:47:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174855,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174846\/revisions\/174855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}