If you turned on your TV or computer at all last week or the week before, you probably saw the media coverage of the mayhem that seiged the west side of the state when a snowstorm blew through. People were literally stuck on I5 for hours due to many slideoffs and collisions. To avoid this kind of gridlock again, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol have come up with a new strategy that includes two new ‘response teams.’ You can learn more about that strategy here, from the Snohomish Times.
