How VDOT is battling a week’s worth of winter weather

Virginia’s Department of Transportation has over 1,500 trucks across Northern Virginia responding to problematic roads and spots after snow earlier this week, and now it’s prepared to handle the light snow that swept across the D.C. region Friday night.

Ellen Kamilakis, a VDOT spokeswoman, said crews didn’t have to pretreat the area’s roads ahead of Friday night’s snow, because there’s still residual salt and sand that’s down from the last bout of snow.

“We have had crews out 24/7...