Updated: Dec. 8, 5:11 p.m.
The Prince William County Police Department also requests that motorists limit discretionary travel.
On Facebook, they posted:
As night falls and temperatures drop, snow and slush is likely to ice over on the roadways. If you must travel tonight, do so with extreme caution, reduce your speed and make sure you have plenty of time to get to your destination.
Original Story:
The Virginia Department of Transportation is asking motorists to stay off the roads today and delay travel Monday morning.
“We are urging folks to stay off the road today and to delay travel in the morning until conditions improve,” said Branco Vlacich, head of maintenance for VDOT in northern Virginia. “While crews are keeping up with the storm for now, we expect conditions to deteriorate as the snow turns into freezing rain.”
As forecasters predict freezing rain to continue overnight, the accumulation of snow and ice will make travel hazardous.
According to VDOT , while roads are passable, ramps, bridges and underpasses are treacherous and are likely to remain so until temperatures rise sometime tomorrow morning.
"More than 2,000 salt trucks and plows are working to keep roads passable in northern Virginia," VDOT officials said. "Crews are plowing as well as heavily salting roads and will continue to do so through tomorrow morning’s rush hours."
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