CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The sun emerged Saturday and the snow finally stopped falling, but temperatures are still below freezing and some areas remain dangerous.
Many parking lots all over the city have not yet been cleared and pose a hazard to drivers. Some are completely inaccessible.
PHOTOS: Clarksville-Montgomery County roads – Saturday
MCSO Public Information Officer Sandra Brandon said secondary roads are still extremely treacherous all over the county.
As of noon today, all of the city’s major roads should be cleared, according to the Mayor’s Office. The Street Department is now able to focus on the residential areas and they should be cleared by tomorrow afternoon.
Interstates are clear, but bridges and overpasses remain icy.
Area churches are working together to provide needed shelter. The Salvation Army has a warming shelter open and the New Providence United Methodist Church shelter is still in place. According to the Community Action Agency, everyone who has requested shelter assistance has received it and there continues to be space available.
CDE responded to three outages yesterday but is reporting no current outages. Two of those yesterday, one on Porter’s Bluff and one behind the Ashford Apartments, were caused by fallen trees. The third was caused when a driver hit a pole on Riverside Drive.
CTS continues operating on snow routes today. Anyone needing to access CTS buses for transportation must get to a main road.
Overnight, law enforcement in the county worked four crashes and assisted 13 stranded motorists.
Clarksville police responded to 23 crashes Friday, five of which had minor injuries. From midnight to noon Saturday there were seven crashes with no reported injuries.
“All of our deputies will continue to operate in our 4 wheel and all wheel vehicles to provides assistance to motorists,” Brandon said. “With today’s temperatures expected to only reach the high 20s, we encourage residents to stay home and stay off the roads as much as possible.”
Temperatures are not expected to rise above freezing Saturday and will drop again to the single digits Saturday night, meaning most of the snow will remain through Sunday.
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