I’ve driven that stretch for years from Hampton Roads to DC.
What happened to the plows?
Apparently the plows couldn’t reach the snow on I95 because of the traffic jams, per a story on WTOP’s website.
I guess the idea of staging the plows on I95 ahead of the snowstorm escapes these people.
Also, the power outages (of which there are many) caused VDOT’s traffic cameras to go down, so VDOT had no idea what was going on on I95.
There’s probably nothing more than a 15-minute UPS on them, if even that.