Winter weather could wreak havoc Friday in Kansas City

100 KANSAS CITYEMPLOYEES ARE ON THENIGHT SHIFT -- STARTINGTO SALT PRIMARY ROADSAND BRIDGES.BUT AS 41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ARIELROTHFIELD SHOW US --THIS STORM HAS ONECHALLENGE.TONIGHT CREWS HERE INKansas City ARE OUT PRE-TREATING THE ROADSWITH SALT-BRINEIN PREPARATION OF THESNOW WE ARE EXPECTEDTO GETFOR THIS SNOW, THINGSARE GOING TO RUN ALITTLE BIT DIFFERENTEARLIER THIS YEAR THECITY MANAGERANNOUNCED A NEW SNOWPLAN,WHICH INCLUDESBRINGING IN A NIGHT SHIFTWITH ADDITIONAL TRUCKSAROUND MIDNIGHT TOSALT BOTH PRIMARY ANDNEIGHBORHOOD STREETSIN THE MORNING CREWSWILL CONTINUEAND THERE WILL BESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVENTO NEIGHBORHOODS,WITH TRUCKS PLOWINGNEIGHBORHOOD STEETSCURB TO CURBTHE ONE CHALLENGE THECITY IS EXPECTINGTOMORROW- WINDMaggie Greene/ KCMOIt might blow the salt around alittle but and that's why we'llwait a few hours until rightbefore we know the snow isgoing to hit to salt latertonight.

So we will have morethan 100 people coming intonight for the nightshift to doas much mileage as we cansalting ahead of when weknow the actual precipitationis going to start tomorrowmorningTHE CITY CALLS THIS ANALL-HANDS-ON DECKOPERATION FOR TONIGHTAND TOMORROWIF YOU'RE ON THE ROADS,THEY'RE ASKING YOU TOGIVE THE TRUCKS PLENOF SPACEAND IF YOU CAN, PARKYOUR CAR ON YOURDRIVEWAY OR INSIDE YOURGARAGEIN Kansas City.

ARIELROTHFIELD.

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