MORE DETAIL, THE FULL FORECAST
COMING UP IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
AND AS TONY JUST MENTIONED
THIS STORM WILL HAVE MAJOR
IMPACT ON TRAVEL ISLAND
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SAYS THEY'RE GEARED UP AND
READY TO GO FOR WHEN THE STORM
ARRIVES.
>> 12 NEWS REPORTER BRANDON
TRUTH IS LIVE AT THE DOT
WITH WHAT'S BEING DONE TO KEEP
EVERYONE SAFE ON THE ROADS,
BRANDON.
>> HEY GUYS YOU CAN SEE THAT
MOUNTAIN OF SALT THAT HAS
GOING TO HIT THE ROADS AS SOON
AS THE SNOW DOES WE'VE BEEN
SEEING TRUCKS KIND OF PULLING
IN AND OUT HERE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY FILLING UP GETTING READY
TO GO THE WORK FOR THE DOT
THOUGH REALLY STARTED
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THE INTERSTATES ALREADY
PRETREATED THIS IS SOME VIDEO
THAT WE HAD AS WE WERE HEADED
SOUTH ON 95 JUST TODAY RIGHT
OUT SAYS THAT THE STATE HAS
150 TRUCKS AND PLOWS AT THE
READY ANOTHER 350 FROM VENDORS
THAT THEY PARTNER WITH NOW THE
DOT SAYS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO COVID AND
THEY DO NOT EXPECT FOR THEIR
RESPONSE TIMES TO BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED BY IT RIGHT OUT DID
SAY THE TIMING OF THE STORM
MIGHT PROVE HELPFUL IN THEIR
ABILITY TO CLEAR THE ROADS.
>> GOING TO MISS TONIGHT'S PM
COME YOU.
>> IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THE MORNING COMMUTE BUT WE'RE
IN A PAUSE SO TRAFFIC WILL BE
IN THE MEANTIME.
>> ONCE THE SNOW STARTS
FALLING. THEY'RE REALLY ASKING
PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS.
THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR YOUR
SAFETY BUT THERE'S AS WELL AND
HELP SOME REALLY SPEED UP THE
PROCESS IN ORDER TO DO IT THEY
SAY IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUT
JUST ADJUST YOUR SPEEDS BASED
DETAIL, THE FULL FORECAST IS A
COMING UP IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU TONY IN OUR
PINPOINT WEATHER TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES NOW CITIES AND TOWNS
ARE PREPARING FOR THIS
BEING ADDED AND A BIG QUESTION
TONIGHT ARE THERE ENOUGH PLOWS
TO CLEAR THE STREETS OF NEWS
REPORTER NEED PHONY SPOKE TO
LOCAL CITY AND TOWN OFFICIALS
AND JOINS US NOW WITH THE
LATEST ON THEIR PLANS, ANITA.
>> MIKE AND SHANNON WE WANTED
TO HEAR FROM LOCAL CITIES AND
TOWNS ON HOW THEY'RE PREPARING
FOR THE BIGGEST STORM THIS
THEY ALL SAY THEY ARE READY.
TOWNS THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND
SAW PILES ARE GETTING THEIR
FIRST REAL USE THIS YEAR. THIS
IS IN CRANSTON WHERE CITY
WORKERS WERE PREPARING A
MIXTURE OF SALT AND SAND THE
CITY HAS MORE THAN 125 PLOW
DRIVERS ON STANDBY OUTGOING
MAYOR ALLAN FUNG IS NO
STRANGER TO SNOW STORM
PREPARATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO
DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN JUST
LIKE DONE.
>> IN EVERY STORE PRO 12
YEARS. WHAT A WAY TO GO OUT
YOU KNOW COULD BE MY LAST
SNOWSTORM HOPEFULLY KEEP MY
FINGERS CROSSED.
>> WITH ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW
EXPECTED. PROVIDENCE MAYOR
JORGE HAS AN AMBITIOUS GAME
PLAN MAKING CERTAIN THAT EVERY
STREET IS PASSABLE.
>> AND DURING THE SNOWSTORM
AND THEN IMPACT WOULD OR.
>> IN NORTH PROVIDENCE MAYOR
CHARLES LOMBARDI SAYS THEY
DON'T USE A LOT OF VENDORS
SNOW PLOWS. THAT WILL BE USED
IN TERREBONNE BY TOWN
EMPLOYEES BUT I THINK WE'RE
PRETTY MUCH IN ORDER. WE HAVE
A BUNCH EMPLOYEES HERE.
>> WHAT YOU GUYS THEY DO A
GREAT JOB. JUST NEXT DOOR IN
JOHNSTON MAYOR JOE POLICY KNOW
SAYS IF THE ROADS ARE TOO
DANGEROUS THROUGH THE NIGHT
THE TOWN WILL OFFER RIDES FOR
RESPONDERS GOING TO WORK.
>> POLICY KNOW SAYS THEY ARE
PREPARING FOR THE WORST BUT
HOPING FOR THE BEST THE GREAT
THING WOULD IT FROM.
OFF IT WENT OUT TO SEA. I
WOULD I BUY HIM LUNCH.
IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT RHODE
ISLAND. WE HAVE A FULL RUNNING
LIST OF THOSE LISTED ON OUR
WEBSITE AT W P R I DOT COM
LIVE IN JOHNSTON ON THE NEED
>> TONY'S FAVORITE FOOD IS PA
STUFF, THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD
ALSO TAKING PRECAUTIONS AHEAD
OF THE STORM PARKING BANS ARE
IN PLACE IN THE STORM WILL
IMPACT CITY OFFICES AND
FACILITIES, 12 NEWS REPORTER
BRITTANY SHAFFER IS LIVE IN
NEW BEDFORD WITH A LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
BRITNEY.
>> LIKE SHANNON WE'RE ON
NEW BEDFORD WHERE WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY SNOW YET, BUT THERE
WILL BE A WINTER STORM WARNING
THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT VERY
SHORTLY AT 07:00PM MEANWHILE
MAYOR JON MITCHELL SAYS HE'S
PREPARED FOR ALL SCENARIOS.
>> SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
IS GEARING UP FOR HIGH SNOW
TOTALS. THIS IS ONE OF THE
STORMS THAT WE GET FROM TIME
THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD WILL
USE AROUND 100 PIECES OF SNOW
REMOVAL EQUIPMENT TONIGHT.
MAYOR JON MITCHELL TELLS ME
THEY'RE PLANNING FOR EVERY
SITUATION IT'S HARD TO PREDICT
WHERE THE RAIN SNOW LINE WILL
LAND THAT
>> HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
WAY WE PLOW. WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING
TO GET THAT'S BEEN AS WELL IT
IS ALL SNOW THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM
07:00PM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
01:00PM THURSDAY IN NEW
BEDFORD. MITCHELL SAYS BEING
COULD GET RAIN WHICH IS A
CHALLENGE FOR PRETREATING
ROADS WILL PRE TREAT THE
SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO THAT WHEN
A STORM LIKE THIS. IT SWITCHES
TO RAIN.
>> A WASH AWAY ALL THE
TREATMENT MIGHT HAVE SOME
FREEZING TOMORROW PEOPLE
SHOULD BE AWARE BE AWARE OF
HOW SLIPPERY IT COULD BE.
>> FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD
LIBRARIES WILL BE CLOSED
THURSDAY MITCHELL IS ADVISING
RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME IF THEY
CAN ORDINARILY DON'T PLOW
UNTIL IT GETS TO A PLOW BOWL
LEVEL WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE 3 OR 4 INCHES HUNKER DOWN
FOR TONIGHT.
>> AND IT'S A LOCAL LEVEL DIG
OUT TOMORROW.
>> IN WITHIN THE PAST HALF
HOUR STARTING AT 5 O'CLOCK THE
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD ISSUED AN
EMERGENCY PARKING BAN THAT
WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH
FRIDAY, MEANWHILE IN FALL
RIVER THE OLDS ALSO ISSUED