State Prepares New Tools for Snow Storms

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Posted: 2:59 PM Nov 15, 2008 State Prepares New Tools for Snow Storms MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State officials are preparing new tools to avoid a disaster like last February's snowstorm that stranded more than 2,000 vehicles overnight on Interstate 39-90. Reporter: AP

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State officials are preparing new tools to avoid a disaster like last February's snowstorm that stranded more than 2,000 vehicles overnight on Interstate 39-90.

Doug Dembowski, supervisor at the state traffic operations center, says retractable barriers have been installed at every interstate on ramp from the intersection of I-39-90 and I-94 in Madison to the Wisconsin-Illinois border.

Also, the state Department of Transportation plans to soon launch a 511 phone line for weather information as well as an improved Web site with information about road conditions, construction delays and incidents.

A half-dozen highway cameras for Interstate 39-90 in Rock County have been mounted and officials hope to hook them up before winter comes.

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