Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews are out pre-treating area highways today (Monday) in anticipation of snow in the forecast for tonight and Tuesday.

Predicted accumulations range from 2 to 6 inches across the region with heavier accumulations expected in Kentucky's Ohio River border counties. The heaviest snowfall is anticipated between about midnight tonight and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday.

Crews in Highway District Two will be out today primarily pre-treating "A" Snow Priority Routes. Some pre-treating efforts may continue as late as 7:00 p.m. this evening, or until snow starts to fall. Highway crews will then quickly transition to spreading salt and plowing as snow starts to accumulate. Motorists should be alert for slow moving trucks and escort vehicles involved in the pre-treating process and snow response along area highways.

Pre-treating roadways with salt brine is a cost-effective way to prepare road surfaces for a winter weather event. It leaves a fine powder of salt on pavement surfaces that helps melt snow and ice in the early hours of winter precipitation, then keeps snow from bonding to the pavement to make it easier to push off the road surface once show accumulates enough to require plowing.

KYTC Highway District Two headquartered in Madisonville is responsible for 11 Western Kentucky counties including Caldwell, Webster, Union, Henderson, Hopkins, Christian, Muhlenberg, Ohio, McLean, Daviess, and Hancock. District Two is responsible for 3300 miles of highway, the equivalent of a one-way trip from Miami, FL, to Seattle, WA. District Two highway crews may travel all highways in the district a half-dozen times or more during the course of a single winter weather event.