A winter storm brought the first snowfall to the Philadelphia area, impacting holiday travelers and commuters. PennDOT is taking proactive measures to ensure road safety, but officials urge residents to exercise caution and plan ahead.
The first snow arrived as holiday travelers and commuters made their way home. With a winter weather advisory issued for parts of the Pennsylvania Turnpike until 10 p.m., PennDOT is deploying resources to ensure road safety . 'We will use all of our department forces -- about 170 trucks or so for the Friday afternoon storm. And then for Monday, I expect to call in all of our contractor trucks, which puts us up over 420 or trucks in the five-county region,' said PennDOT spokesperson Brad Rudolph.
Officials are advising residents to plan ahead, avoid roads if conditions deteriorate, and be aware of parking restrictions on snow emergency routes. 'The longer it takes for them to run their routes, depending on traffic and the intensity of the storm, we could see some serious accumulations on Monday,' Rudolph said. Light, steady snowfall is expected throughout the day. Snowfall is projected to end between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. There will be a significant variation in snowfall across the region, ranging from less than 1 foot in the Poconos to over 6 feet in parts of Delaware and South Jersey. Expect adjustments to forecasts as the weekend progresses and the storm tracks across the United States. At Do It Best Hardware Store in Radnor, shoppers are stocking up on snow shovels, ice scrapers, and ice melt. 'I have birdseed for my finch feeder and scrapers for the storm to get the snow off,' said Bud Gerhab from Berwyn. 'The demand is obviously for snow, shovels, ice melt-and heat. Electric heaters, propane, anything to do with weather. The plumbing department is way up with pipes freezing, all that stuff,' said Muth
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