{"id":574385,"date":"2017-01-05T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T19:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=574385"},"modified":"2017-01-06T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T19:42:03","slug":"txdot-prepares-for-possible-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=574385","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT Prepares for Possible Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/TxDot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/TxDot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-572962\" \/><\/a>EAST TEXAS &#8211; The Texas Department of Transportation is preparing for possible winter weather conditions in the area.TxDOT crews Thursday morning pre-treated Interstate Highway 20 with brine and are prepared to treat bridges and other areas as warranted. Crews around the Tyler District&#8217;s 8-county maintenance section are getting equipment and materials ready should they be needed. TxDOT spokesperson Kathi White says the pre-treating is based on forecasts that show slight wintry precipitation accumulations could occur along the I-20 corridor and the northern portion of the district in Wood County where crews are treating elevated structures. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few winter safe driving tips:<br \/>\n*Be extra cautious on bridges, overpasses, ramps, turns and shaded areas that usually freeze first.<br \/>\n*Reduce speed and allow extra time to reach destinations.<br \/>\n*Increase the following distance between you and other vehicles.<br \/>\n*If you start to slide, ease off the gas pedal or brakes and steer into the<br \/>\ndirection of skid.<br \/>\n*Stay back at least 200 feet from vehicles treating roadways, and move over for emergency vehicles.<br \/>\n*Be patient. Your trip time could increase when adverse weather conditions exist.<br \/>\n*Remain in your vehicle. If stranded, please call 911 to alert emergency services.<br \/>\n*Avoid unnecessary travel if conditions warrant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS &#8211; The Texas Department of Transportation is preparing for possible winter weather conditions in the area.TxDOT crews Thursday morning pre-treated Interstate Highway 20 with brine and are prepared to treat bridges and other areas as warranted. Crews around the Tyler District&#8217;s 8-county maintenance section are getting equipment and materials ready should they be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=574385\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TxDOT Prepares for Possible Winter Weather<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":572962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 00:07:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=574385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574387,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574385\/revisions\/574387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=574385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=574385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=574385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}