COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Wednesday's rush hour drive was stop and go for most drivers trying to travel through several inches of snow.
Snow covered the interstates, city and county roads, making the commute long and stressful. Many NBC 4 viewers had questions about the snow clearing efforts, wondering why the roads weren't clear.
"I think your own meteorologist said it would be snowing for virtually 12 hours. So you clear a road and it covers right over it again and you clear it and it covers right over it again," said Mary Carran Webster, of the City of Columbus.
Webster said the city did the best it could and its snow warriors will continue to work 12-hour shifts through Saturday.
Crews are working to clear residential streets, but said it will take two days to complete and you will not see bare pavement.
"We were prepared for it. We focused on clearing, but when snow continues to fall, it continues to fall. We continued to use our resources, plowing and salting and that didn't let up," said Nancy Burton, of ODOT.
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