12:48 PM: Daleville barricades Hwy 134 from Tank Hill Rd to Bruer St
Daleville has put barricades up on Highway 134 from Tank Hill Road to Bruer Street due to ice.
They’re currently pulling vehicles from the ditch.
12:46 PM: Webb Police: Highway 52 closed from Hydraulic Rd. to Omussee Rd.
Webb Police Chief Jimmy Holley has announced Highway 52 from Hydraulic Road (right beside WDHN) to Omussee Road.
The road is expected to be closed for the next several hours.
12:31 PM: Houston County says roads are becoming more passable
Houston County’s roads are becoming passable, according to a post on the county’s Facebook page.
“However, we advise all drivers to exercise extreme caution and keep speeds low,” they said. “There are still areas of patchy ice on county roadways.”
Houston County officials urge drivers to be off the roads by 5 p.m. today.
10:15 AM UPDATE: Wiregrass counties say roads still aren’t safe
Houston County government shared a post on their Facebook instructing people not to get on the roads just yet.
“We strongly urge everyone to avoid driving for the next few hours,” the post said. “Please wait until temperatures rise and the ice on bridges and shaded roadways has had time to melt. Your safety is our priority.”
Houston County Sheriff Major Bill Rafferty said HSCO responded to 15 accident calls since noon Tuesday — one of which happening just as RSN reached out to him. This statistic does not include wrecks the City of Dothan responded to.
Dothan was most recently still planning to open roads at 10 a.m., but crews are still making assessments on road conditions.
“We are working with various departments to compile a list of current road conditions,” a post from their Facebook said.
Dale, Henry, Geneva and Coffee Counties have all said roads remain unsafe. Roads are still deemed impassable.
Dale County has reported many spots of black ice.
Coffee County reported Hwy 167 North is closed due to ice on hills.
Geneva County Sheriff: roads still hazardous
Geneva County roads are still showing ice and snow and are still considered dangerous, according to Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms.
He said crews were out assessing roads and salting bridges again.
“Highway 52 is a mess between Slocomb and Dothan,” he said. “Hartford also had a bad mess.”
He said multiple vehicles had slid off roads, and “several, several” vehicles are off the road between Slocomb and Dothan.
“Yesterday I was out there, and there were vehicles everywhere,” he said.
He said several vehicles had also broken down.
“You cannot drive the speed limit on roads today,” he said.
County roads and dirt roads are still especially considered unsafe.
“I know Dothan is opening roads at 10. More power to them,” he said.
He estimated conditions would improve by noon.
“Most people are thankfully staying in,” he said. “So far, no major injuries. Just major road blockage.”
Icy, trucks off the road: stretch of Hwy 84 East from Beverlye to Forrester
A stretch of Highway 84 East is still icy as of 9 a.m., with traffic down to one lane between Beverlye Road and Eddins Road.
According to eyewitness reports, traffic is down to one lane going slowly eastbound. Trucks are having trouble clearing the hill.
Two trucks slid off the road, and one larger truck flipped over.
Dothan Police is there directing traffic.