Winter Weather Updates for Jan. 21, 2016

Communications Director

Kristin Farley
[email protected]
(865) 215-2589

400 Main St., Room 691
Knoxville, TN 37902

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Winter Weather Updates for Jan. 21, 2016

Posted: 01/21/2016
Updates at 1:15 pm on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

311 CALL CENTER

Don't forget you can call the City's 311 Office for questions about City Services. Call 311 or 215-4311 Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

TRASH / RECYCLING
Waste Connections is currently picking up Wednesday and Thursday trash/recycling routes today.

CITY COURT
This evening's session of City Court has been cancelled due to the threat of a refreeze. Anyone scheduled to attend may call 865-215-7469 or 311 about rescheduling their court date. The court office will remain open during regular business hours.

CITY SNOW PLAN
City Public Service crews applied brine to Level 1 & 2 streets (major arteries and main neighborhood connector streets) on Tuesday in anticipation of this week's weather. They plowed and salted all Level 1 & 2 streets yesterday/today and are currently working on Level 3 streets (neighborhoods). Learn more about the City's snow plan at www.knoxvilletn.gov/snowplan

KAT BUS
Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) buses started the morning on snow routes but are now moving to normal operations except for #34 will remain on snow route and #32 will bypass Golden Age. Snow routes are slightly altered routes that keep passengers moving and safe. Keep up with KAT at Twitter.com/KAT_Bus for weather posts.

KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) is currently in Level One of its Severe Weather Plan. Officers will continue to respond to injury crashes. Motorists involved in property damage only crashes will need to exchange information with the other driver then contact their insurance company. KPD will also utilize vehicles equipped for the weather conditions to respond to calls for service in affected areas where necessary. Keep up with KPD at Twitter.com/Knoxville_PD for weather posts.

KUB POWER OUTAGES
KUB outages can be reported at 865-524-2911 or 1-800-250-8068. KUB outages can be viewed and reported online at the KUB Outage Map. Keep up with KUB at Twitter.com/KnoxKUB for weather posts.

WEATHER UPDATES
Below are a few sources to help keep you up-to-date with the current weather:
National Weather Service Forecast for Knoxville
KnoxNews.com News & Weather
WATE.com News & Weather
WBIR.com News & Weather
Local8Now.com News & Weather


TRAVELING

For state road and travel conditions visit www.TN511.com or call 511 or 877-244-0065. To get a view of the roads from a few of the local TDOT traffic cams visit TDOT SmartWay Traffic Cameras.