UPDATE: Sunday, January 9, 8:44 a.m.
PEORIA, Ill — Here’s the Sunday update from Peoria Public Works Director and city snow fighting team lead Sie Maroon;
“We have moved into the residential street routes with the hope of seeing the ice on the pavement melt and break up enough to plow the streets from curb to curb.
On the driver’s last pass through the residential streets, they will apply an additional spread of salt to the pavement.
We are planning to remove as much ice pack as possible from the pavement throughout this event and over the next couple of days, while battling the elements that we are faced with.
We are all looking forward to the warm up by midweek which will give some assistance to the melt down of the remnants from the previous storm that we are dealing with. Once again, if you must travel, we encourage you to be safe and travel with caution.”
ORIGINAL STORY:
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Snow Fighters have been busy pretreating the city’s streets in an attempt to loosen up the ice pack before freezing rain returns late Saturday.
Peoria Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon said salt trucks will remain on the streets as long as necessary with a refreeze forecast for Saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Peoria Metro area that will be in effect from noon-9 p.m. Saturday (1/8).
