TDOT is not planning to brine roads


As we sit here and play the waiting game, the anticipation grows over the wintry forecast of snow and ice.  The Tennessee Department of Transportation said crews won’t be brining roads early.  Officials said rain would just wash it away with the current rain in the forecast.

So what does TDOT plan do instead?  An official for TDOT says, “Before it gets down to freezing temperatures, then we’re going ahead and putting out some granular salt out on the road. And then, obviously with the rain and the granular salt, that’s kind of making brine naturally,”

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