Portland Bureau of Transportation recommends staying away from the roads Thursday

Portland, Ore. (Katu) – Thursday we look at potential snow and freezing rain. Smooth roads can make it difficult to slow down. Of course, you can get chains for your tires, but you can also take this advice from the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

“The city of Portland’s snow and ice plan has been relatively consistent for about 20 years, asking the public to avoid traveling,” said Dylan Rivera, a spokesman at PBOT.

And if you are out and if it is snow -covered and iced, ”find a place to many people find a safe, legal place to store your vehicle, but potentially overnight. Get you safely for public transit, ”he said.

When it comes to public transit, Trimmed is to make sure their trains can withstand the weather.

So the trim plans to run Max trains overnight, and by driving the trains overnight it helps keep overhead lines free of ice, ”said Tia York, a spokesman with the trim. “We also link about 10 buses in each garage, and this is just like a caution, so these buses are ready to roll in the morning if the snow or ice starts falling earlier than expected.”

While it is recommended to stay home, PBOT has about 50,000 liters of fluid de-icer on hand and works overtime to keep the roads as safe as possible.

The Oregon Department of Transportation also treats streets.

“Our herds were out to treat intermediate state along with historical problems, including bridges, transitions, onramps, that kind of thing,” said Ryan McCrary, a spokesman for Odot.