If this was a test run for this weekend’s snowstorm, we didn’t fare well.
Though a thin coating of snow fell across the Arlington area, many drivers found that roads were slick at best, treacherous at worst. Traffic piled up across the county as early as 7 p.m. this evening, and plenty of drivers told us they encountered unsalted, untreated roads.
“Skid fest on Rosslyn hill,” said one reader. “It seems Arlington failed to treat the roads for tonight and an ice layer built on the surface of the road, uphill Rosslyn.”
Another wrote us earlier tonight and said: “The ground is frozen solid. The weather forecasts all predicted an inch or so of snow this evening. Why weren’t the roads treated?”
Here’s a snippet of what some other ARLNow readers reported on Twitter throughout the night:
Road conditions in #Arlington are unacceptable! No salt, no sand anywhere. @ArlingtonVA @ARLnowDOTcom
— Allison Wallach (@allisonlwallach) January 21, 2016
#snow E Falls Church #Lee HWY @ARLnowDOTcom @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/QOCcUVxR3U
— Russell Imrie (@tweedyBard) January 21, 2016
@ArlingtonDES @ARLnowDOTcom 4600 block 28th road S hill=tertiary yet every snow event it's a car killing ice rink pic.twitter.com/DjjAEphDC8
— Kent Riffert (@KRiffert) January 21, 2016
this is what snow does to DC @capitalweather @ARLnowDOTcom pic.twitter.com/rcUc4e2rlr
— Kevin Byrne (@kevin_byrne12) January 21, 2016
Season’s first snow and I-66 near Courthouse has been a parking lot for hours. @ARLnowDOTcom @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/yp9GMD2jkP
— David McKenzie (@dpmckenzie) January 21, 2016
@ARLnowDOTcom Georgetown to NW Arlington took two hours, cars abandoned or stuck all over. Bus stuck on Washington Blvd at Ohio.
— T2Va (@T2Va) January 21, 2016
@ARLnowDOTcom Where are the salt trucks where are the plow is very disappointed in Arlington took one and a half hours to drive 1 mile
— Miriam Cutelis (@momactivist) January 21, 2016
@ArlingtonVaPD @ArlingtonDES @ArlingtonVA @ARLnowDOTcom 3 of the 5 cars blocking 26th st n @ Wakefield pic.twitter.com/7jbxdW9Jdp
— Stephen Skarlatos (@mydigitallife) January 21, 2016
.@ARLnowDOTcom Possibly the best way to sum up this evening? #snowmaggedon2016 pic.twitter.com/A6zW9hqygz
— Lisa Gibson (@LisaCGibson) January 21, 2016
29 and Culpeper st. Cars being pushed one by one carefully down the hill toward George Mason @ARLnowDOTcom pic.twitter.com/KiWxCqqV6M
— Michael Quigg (@MQUIGG44) January 21, 2016
Did you drive through the ice and snow? We want to hear from you. Tweet at us or send us an e-mail.
Photo via Michael Thomas
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