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Greg Abbott: “I've also directed the Texas Department of Transportation to…”

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Watch Live Gov. Greg Abbott gives update on the state's winter storm preparations

Published | Video Starts at 29:57

Over this past weekend, more than 450 Texas Department of Transportation personnel prepared for winter weather by pre treating roads, bridges and overpasses with over 400,000 gallons of brine and more than 10,000 cubic yards of of granular material. I've also directed the Texas Department of Transportation to deploy winter weather roadway equipment and crews to not just pre-treat roadways, but to maintain the treatment of roadways as the temperatures plummet. and as certain regions, especially in North Texas, may get some level of precipitation, whether it be ice or potentially snow. (29:57–30:21)

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Asserts that the Texas Department of Transportation is directed to maintain roadway treatments during cold weather.

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