Waukegan, Illinois is preparing for snow with North Shore to be hit hard Wednesday

Waukegan, ill. (CBS) – The North Shore suburb of Chicago could see the most accumulation as a blizzard carries down on Chicago.

Widespread accumulating snow Expected late in the morning and lasts through the afternoon and evening. A winter weather counseling is in effect from 1 p.m. 9 Wednesday to 7 p.m. 3

Snowfall amounts are shaped up to be about 4 “to 6” with located higher amounts near the immediate Lakershore, especially along the North Shore up to Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

In Waukegan, the crews were out in advance on Tuesday night to make sure roads would be clear.

While some school districts have interrupted classes for Wednesday, the Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 was not one of them from 1 p.m. 22.00

But with 6 or more includes expected to hit Waukegan during the day and the rush hour, it was Tuesday with all hand-tires.

Lamont Ivy and employees with his private Snowplow company knows it is taking salt and plenty of it to make their job Wednesday easier. Wednesday, of course, is when they have to plow what is expected to be the most snowmen in Waukegan have seen this season.

“We’ve been practicing all winter for this, and now the Super Bowl is coming tomorrow,” Ivy said.

IVY’s company has eight trucks and six employees.

Ivy said Tuesday was full of visits to spray the sidewalks and weigh with salt to their 16 clients – including Shiloh Towers in Zion.

“(Shiloh Towers) is a senior living facility, so it’s a lot of older people and disabled people,” Ivy said, “so we have to make sure they are able to get out and get up to their appointments . ”

Alonzo Jenkins with Waukegan Public Works said Wednesday that the department’s fleet of 32 of what they call Snow Fighters will be out in the morning.

“You never know what you want to get when you live by the lake,” Jenkins said.

The department plants for the treatment of roads with sodium chloride or ordinary mowing salt (NaCl) and another kind of salt, calcium chloride (CaCl₂) before the main system strikes between what is expected to be at. 9 to 5 pm

“We want to make sure we know we don’t waste material still making sure everyone is safe,” Jenkins said.

Waukegan Public Works said with the mild winter last year that it has plenty of salt for roads. The department also wants to remind people that if they park on a designated snow route, to move their cars on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning so its workers can get their job done.