Some roads clearing, like Wake Forest Road in Raleigh

WRAL's Chelsea Donovan reports from Wake Forest Road in Raleigh on Jan. 22, 2025.
Posted 1/22/2025, 4:42:58 PM Updated 1/22/2025, 6:59:08 PM

CHALLENGING THIS MORNING TO BE

CAREFUL AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAD

OUT.

>> SECONDARY ROADS SINCE WE'RE

SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HERE

WITH OUR REPORTERS HEADED ALL

AROUND ME FROM THE FROM THE

COAST. BACK HERE TO TRY.

AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COVERING

I HAVE A MAIN ROADS. WE'VE SEEN

VERY NICELY DONE. SIDE ROADS.

>> HOW ARE THE ROADS AS ALWAYS?

THE BIG QUESTION AFTER A WINTER

STORM. LET'S GET TO CHELSEA

DONOVAN WHO'S BEEN CHECKING OUT

SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

AND CHELSEA UNDERSTAND RIGHT

NOW, YEAR IN RALEIGH ON WAKE

FOREST ROAD, A NICE TO SEE

PAVEMENT THERE.

I ABSOLUTELY JEFF SAID ONE OF

THE BIG YEAR'S BIGGEST HELPERS

RATHER IS THE SUNSHINE THAT'S

PROVING TO BE TRUE HERE ON WAKE

FOREST ROAD AS WE WERE HEADING.

>> NORTHWARD, WE'VE SHOWN YOU

CARY APEX, HOLLY SPRINGS.

WE'VE SHOWN YOU A LOT OF THE

SECONDARY ROADS. IT'S

INTERESTING TO SEE JUST THE

DYNAMIC OF SOME OF THOSE

SECONDARY ROADS THAT THE PLOWS

AND THE CREWS ARE GETTING TOO

VERSUS SOME OF THESE ROADS

HERE. LIKE WAKE FOREST GOING

SOUTHWARD. YOU CAN SEE DOWNTOWN

IN THE DISTANCE COMPLETELY

CLEAR AND TRAFFIC IS MOVING.

WELL, GOOD NEWS IS NOT A LOT OF

PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS SO THAT

IS GOOD AS WELL. BUT DEFINITELY

THINGS ARE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL

HERE ALONG WAKE FOREST ROAD.

WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY STANDING

WATER, ICE OR ANYTHING OF THAT

NATURE.

>> SO AGAIN, ON SOME OF THESE

MAJOR ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND

WAKE COUNTY, THIS IS SORT OF

WHAT WE'RE SEEING DEFINITELY

NEED TO BE SO MUCH MORE CAREFUL

AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU

TURN OFF OF THESE ROADS, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE MET WITH A LOT OF

SNOW AND ICE STILL ON THE