Kansas Department of Transportation crews are equipped and ready for the upcoming winter weather season.

KDOT has reported that they have stored 130,000 tons of salt and 60,000 tons of salt / sand mix in preparation for the season, and they have 1,200 operators who are trained and ready to plow and treat roads.

To make it easier for travelers to know before they go, KDOT’s traveler information website KanDrie has been enhanced. Last year the public asked for camera tours to be added to the site as well as a simplified legend for users. The camera tours option allows users to view multiple images of a highway corridor or region on one screen.

Those improvements, along with the addition of road closure alerts, a dedicated road condition map and a simpler map layout, make the tool easier to use.

In addition to visiting KanDrive, https://www.kandrive.org, drivers can obtain route specific road conditions and weather information by calling 5-1-1 within the state or ( 866 ) 511-5368 from out of state.