NEWS
TxDOT begins prep work for possibly winter weather
WICHITA FALLS DISTRICT – With a slight possibility of minor winter weather issues on Friday, TxDOT crews will prep some bridges and overpasses tomorrow throughout the district. All twelve maintenance sections will be out with brine trucks spraying Tier 1 & 2 structures Friday morning. The process will take just the morning hours to complete. Roads included will be I-44, I-35, US 287, and US 82 amongst others in the far reaches of the district.
TxDOT will be ready to respond on Friday morning with more brine if any frozen precipitation hits Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, or Young counties.
TxDOT’s briefing with NOAA meteorologists this afternoon raised the slight possibility of freezing rain if conditions are right. TxDOT crews wanted to be prepared even though the threat is mild. With such warm conditions in our region, drivers are reminded to be cautious on the bridges and overpasses as they will be the first to freeze.
Motorists can consult DriveTexas.Org for road conditions. Traffic cameras in the Wichita Falls area are also available online at DriveTexas.Org.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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