The Tennessee Department of Transportation is preparing for the next round of winter weather.

Mark Nagi with TDOT says crews will be pretreating interstates and state routes today (Tuesday) in preparation for expected winter weather on Wednesday.

Nagi is asking motorist to give crews extra room to do their jobs efficiently and safely.

Snow is expected to move into East Tennessee overnight Tuesday, with our best coverage being Wednesday morning.

A winter weather advisory will affect several East Tennessee Counties and Knox County road crews are keeping an eye on road conditions.

Jim Snowden with Knox County Engineering and Public Works says they had to recently treat roads due to cold temperatures and heavy rains. He says their supplies are good, having been replenished. He also says they won’t be able to treat roads with Brine ahead of Wednesday’s forecast snow because it starts with rain which would wash the brine away.

The city of Knoxville has a plan if a snowstorm is imminent.

Crews will begin Stage I operations (applying salt brine) 24 to 48 prior to the snowfall.

Crews for Stage II Operations, snow and ice removal, will be dispatched by the Director.

The routes designated as Level I, high traffic routes and hospitals are handled first then Level II, streets connecting the main streets, trouble spots and hills and finally Level III
streets which provide access to neighborhoods and main connections at the neighborhood level.