Interstate 95 reopens with all stalled vehicles cleared in Fredericksburg, VA. Thousands of motorists some of them children and elderly travelers went without food and water Monday night and were stuck in cold and inclement weather.
but that they were quickly overwhelmed by its magnitude as more snow than anticipated fell and faster.
“The problem with the entire situation is that the Virginia Department of Transportation did nothing to keep drivers informed. Was VDOT unaware of the snowstorm? Did they not realize the road conditions?” Brocato said. Despite a 20-mile traffic backup on the south part of the interstate, transportation officials said they expect it to be clear for Wednesday morning's rush hour commute.
Asked why VDOT didn’t close the interstate once it became apparent that there was a problem, Hannon said: “We do have a number of incidents on I-95 throughout the year. I think when we went into it, we had resources, we had our emergency response team, but we do have a lot of big, complicated incidents.”
“I was upset at first and trying to call VDOT to tell them what was going on. They weren’t ready or prepared,” said Romero, who made it home Tuesday. “But as time went on, I calmed down and de-escalated myself. I took the situation for what it was. How many people can say they slept on I-95 for a night in Virginia? We ate peanuts in the car.”