HANNIBAL - Most of the roads in northeast Missouri have a coating of ice and are slick. Travel is not recommended. MoDOT crews are out in full force treating major and minor roads with salt, sand and abrasives. The forecast includes off and on ice and freezing rain throughout the day, with more continues precipitation expected tonight into Sunday. "We are pleased most people have heeded the warnings to stay off the roads, yet we are still seeing a lot of commercial vehicles, and they are driving too fast for conditions," said MoDOT Northeast District Communications Manager Marisa Ellison. MoDOT's trucks that are treating minor roads have chains on the tires. "We are especially concerned that people will get a false sense of security as the temperatures hover around the freezing mark and there is a lull in the precipitation, but we are expecting more off and on throughout the day," she explained. There haven't been any reports of downed power lines or tree limbs, and there have been some slide offs throughout the district. "We continue to discourage any travel throughout today and tomorrow," Ellison said. The MoDOT traveler information map is the best source of information and can be found at www.modot.org.
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