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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- As the region digs out from the holiday blizzard, local schools and the federal government announced they would be closed Monday. The Virginia Department of Transportation says it may be Wednesday night before all subdivision roads are cleared.
Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park schools are closed, along with federal agencies in D.C.
By Sunday morning, Interstates 95 and 66 were mostly wet with passable lanes, VDOT said. Other major roads were slushy and slippery, with turn lanes still snow-covered, said VDOT spokeswoman Joan Morris.
Crews had begun plowing the 7,000 lane miles of subdivision roads in northern Virginia. But Morris said that process will likely take until Wednesday night.
"Drivers are still asked to use extreme caution on these roads, as they will be very difficult to navigate," Morris wrote in an e-mail.
Pavement temperatures Sunday morning remained below freezing.
VDOT planned to concentrate on clearing the I-95/I-395 high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes so that they can be reversed and reopened northbound Sunday afternoon. Crews are also working to clear commuter lots throughout northern Virginia by Monday night.
Virginia State Police on Sunday urged people to stay off the roads and let snow plows do their jobs.
From 6 a.m. Friday through 8 a.m. Sunday, troopers received more than 6,100 calls for service, including more than 3,000 for traffic crashes and disabled vehicles.
Four deaths statewide were reported. State Police have investigated two weather-related fatal crashes, one in Carroll County late Friday and the other in Fauquier County on Interstate 66 on Saturday.
State police said a 2005 Ford F-250 was traveling westbound on I-66 when it struck a slow-moving, westbound tractor-trailer. The crash occurred at the 18 mile marker. The driver of the Ford, Michael W. Marincic, 36, of Huntingdon, Penn., was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
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