Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County crews have poured more than 50,000 tons of salt on 5,000 lane miles of county roads since the winter began late last year. That’s the word from Keith Compton, division chief for Montgomery County’s Department of Highway Services. Compton said that’s certainly a lot more than last year because this winter has seen […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has activated its Emergency Operations Center and crews are treating roadways as the first winter precipitation enters the state. In advance of the storm, SHA trucks pre-treated interstates and primary routes on Dec. 7 with a salt brine solution to prevent the initial bonding of ice to the road. […]

Montgomery County crews are actively treating all primary roads, secondary roads and county salt routes. Road conditions remain slippery. If you must drive, use extreme caution and allow plenty of breaking distance as pavement conditions remain unfavorable. County officials are also resident to use extreme caution and remain vigilant observing pedestrian traffic as pedestrian traffic […]