Refreeze keeps roads hazardous into weekend
Slick roads, such as this stretch of I-240, will stick around at least through the weekend, and City of Memphis leaders are urging drivers to avoid travel. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The City of Memphis is using all of its available resources to improve road conditions, but low temperatures are hindering those efforts.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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