Roads Clear Following Snow

— The light accumulation of snow in Benton County on Friday didn’t seem to impact driving conditions, area officials said.

Officials with Benton County Emergency Management along with the Bentonville and Rogers police departments all reported no weather-related accidents Friday night or Saturday morning.

Area street departments also conducted minimal to no maintenance to the roads to keep them safe.

Scott Stober, Benton County administrator, said his staff was ready in case the roads became unsafe.

“It was pretty slow,” Stober said. He said his crew did pour some salt and sand on a few hillsides and on bridges but a majority of the roads weren’t a concern.

Frankie Guyll, Rogers street superintendent, poured 800 gallons of magnesium chloride, 1,500 pounds of salt and 300 tons of brown gravel on bridges, overpasses and some hills.

“When it was snowing real hard the roads got wet and I was cautious in case they might freeze,” Guyll said.

Tony Davis, Bentonville street director, said there wasn’t a need for the crews in Bentonville to treat the roads.

“When the snow came down we had our trucks monitoring the roads,” Davis said. “We felt it was draining properly and we never received a call from the PD regarding slick spots in Bentonville.”

Amy Jankowski a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said there a chance of less than an inch of snow in the next few days.

Jankowski said Northwest Arkansas could see some rain before midnight Sunday. The rain will continue for most of Monday with a chance of it changing to snow late Monday afternoon or evening. Less than an inch of snow is predicted to fall at that time.

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