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Snow-packed roadways persist in Clark County

By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Breaking News Reporter, and
Andy Matarrese, Columbian environment and transportation reporter
Published: January 13, 2017, 6:57am

Snow-packed and ice-covered roadways persist this morning amid closed schools across Clark County.

Temperatures hovered around 12 degrees at about 7 a.m. And though we should see sunny weather today, temperatures are not expected to get above freezing, meaning that the snow likely isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 31 degrees and drop to a low of 25 tonight.

Clark County Public Works reported that the exceptionally cold overnight temperatures led to refreezing and widespread icy conditions across the county.

Road crews worked around the clock to plow the main thoroughfares, but many are icy in spots. The agency cautioned drivers to be careful.

Northwest Allen Canyon Road is closed from Northwest 51st Street to Northwest 324th Street.

Waste Connections has canceled its Friday pickup, though said they will collect double the amount of garbage on the next scheduled service day.

C-Tran said express routes will not  travel to downtown Portland due to the snow and ice. Routes 105, 134 and 199 will provide service only to the MAX station at Delta Park. Route 164 will go to the MAX at Parkrose. Routes 157, 177 and 190 are suspended for the day. Route 6 has since returned to its regular route, but Routes 2, 9, 19, 32 and 47 remain on snow routes.

C-Tran is servicing The Vine with 40-foot buses. Buses will stop at the nearest safe spot near Vine stops. The Vine station at Turtle Place isclosed. Route 92 is turning at 32nd Street, and providing service to Addy Loop. Route 30 is being detoured and will not drive between Grand and Reserve.

The C-Van paratransit service will make life-sustaining trips only.

It is expected to gradually warm throughout the weekend, with partly sunny weather expected Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is expected to reach high of 36 degrees before rain returns to the area on Monday evening.

Forecasters think the rising temperatures, melting snow and expected may be significant, enough so that the National Weather Service in Portland issued a notice Friday for heightened flooding potential Tuesday and Wednesday in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.

Since the arrival of the first storms is still days away, it’s difficult to say where they’ll go or how much rain they’ll bring but the weather service said more than 5 inches may fall around the coast and coastal mountains, 2 to 4 inches in the interior lowlands and 3 to 5 inches in the Cascades.

Melting snow may also contribute to flooding.

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Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Columbian environment and transportation reporter