Benton County

Roads improved Tuesday with the hours of sunshine receiving much of the credit.

“We’re better today,” Cindy Jones, county road coordinator, said around noon. “We have sunshine and that helps a lot.”

Jones said roads were open Tuesday and crews worked throughout the day removing ice and sanding hills and intersections before they refroze Tuesday night.

Robert McGowen, emergency management director, said the effects of the winter storm have so far been limited to roads, saying the county hasn’t received any reports of power outages or calls for assistance stemming from the snow and ice.

Fayetteville

Road crews continued to plow neighborhoods Tuesday. Terry Gulley, transportation director, said most of the main roads are clear.

“We’ve been plowing neighborhoods for the last two days,” he said. “The roads are still very slick. It’s like pouring a bucket of water on top of ice.”

Gulley said no roads in Fayetteville had to be closed Tuesday.

He said street crews will continue working in alternating shifts until the streets are clear.

Springdale

Roads are expected to be much better today after sunshine allowed city road crews to remove ice from streets. The hard-packed snow and ice mix couldn't be scraped off the roads until it started to melt, said Sam Goade, director of Public Works.

The department has kept its three chat trucks going since the storm began, Goade said. A road-grader and two snow plows have been scraping at the ice buildup, along with a chat truck with a plow, he said.

“I’ve got employees who have worked for the city for 25 years and they say this is the worst we have had for getting the streets clear,” Goade said.

Motorists will see icy spots today where water that didn’t drain from the streets will refreeze, Goade said.

Washington County

Shawn Shrum, assistant road superintendent, said Tuesday , “The sun is doing wonders. It’s a lot better. It’s (The ice is) coming off, we’re out there trying to get it all done. We’re even able to get off on the subdivisions, the less-traveled roads and get them taken care of, too. We may not get to everyone, but we’re making a lot better progress today.”

Rogers

Increased traffic and sunshine turned much of the ice and snow on the roadways to slush, said Frankie Guyll, street superintendent.

“We had five graders and two snow plows working the street until midnight Monday, but the sun is doing a great job of snow and ice removal,” Guyll said.