SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News)- There were hundreds of crashes up and down the Wasatch front, 250 in the Salt Lake Valley alone, leaving many commuters asking where were the snow plows?
The morning commute on a holiday should have been a piece of cake, but the early storm caught drivers off guard. Commuter Mykin Pace said, "It's kind of clear where people had driven but it was really slick and really scary so I was going really slow.”
UDOT has more than 400 snow plows in the Salt Lake Valley and Officials say they've been tracking this storm for days and had hundreds trucks on the roads before and during today's snow fall.
“As soon as it started snowing we headed out,” said UDOT Driver Keith Trott. “It just came in fast.” Trott has been driving for UDOT for over 25 years. Many may have not have seen the snow plows, but Trott says they were there.
All 15 of the station’s 225 trucks were out on the road Sunday and Monday, covering I-15 from 33rd south to Davis County line spreading salt and brine.
Jake Brown, UDOT Station Supervisor stated, “We had crews in at midnight last night preparing for the storm and then we had the rest of the guys in around 6 o'clock just to be able to take on the cold front when it came through."
With road temperatures from 19 to 25 degrees, even those roads that have been plowed and treated with salt can still pose a threat. That's why UDOT asks drivers to slow down even when the roadways look clear. Brown added "We’ve had a nice long fall and I think people will get used to it as the snow continues through the week."
