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It's so hot out this Pennsylvania road appears to be melting

It's so hot out this Pennsylvania road appears to be melting
WEBVTT ALONG FOR STILL ROAD. KATELYN: SIGNS WARNING YOU TO SLOW DOWN AND THAT THERE IS WET OIL ON THE ROADS. IT DOES APPEAR TO BE WET AND THE STONES THAT WOULD TYPICALLY GIVE DRIVERS TRACTION ARE NOT STAYING IN PLACE. THEY ARE PILED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, JUST HANDFULS OF THEM. SOME OF THE ROADS SURFACE MAY BE SLICK. THIS ROAD WAS JUST RESURFACED IN SEPTEMBER. THAT IS WHEN CREWS PUT OIL ON THEN THEY COVERED IT IN STONES. THE HEAT SEEMS TO BE MAKING THAT OIL SO HOT THAT THOSE STONES ARE NO LONGER STAYING IN PLACE. ONE NEIGHBOR SAYS SHE COULD HEAR THE OIL DRIPPING. >> I KEPT THINKING IT WAS WATER RUNNING. I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY. I WAS OUT YOUR CLEANING WINDOWS AND YOU COULD JUST HEAR IT -- I WAS OUT HERE CLEANING WINDOWS AND YOU COULD JUST HEAR IT. ATELYN: THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION IS TO ADD MORE STONES. THAT DRIVER WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN BUT THE TOWNSHIP SAYS THANKFULLY NOBODY HAS SLID OFF THE
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It's so hot out this Pennsylvania road appears to be melting
Some say the heat is causing a road to melt in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Officials in Upper Leacock Township have put up signs warning drivers to slow down along Forest Hill Road because there's wet oil on the road. The stones that typically give drivers traction aren't staying in place, causing a slick surface.The public works director said the road was resurfaced in September. Crews put oil on the asphalt to seal it and keep water out, and the road was then covered with stones. The heat seems to be making the oil so hot that the stones aren't staying in place.One resident said she heard the oil dripping."I kept thinking there was water running, but it was that when they drove on it," said Kathy Shreiner. "You know, when they ran over it, it just sounded like water running."Officials with the township said other local roads are having similar issues. The public works director said the temporary solution is to add more stones and put up the warning signs. He said so far, no one has slid off the road.
UPPER LEACOCK TWP., Pa. —

Some say the heat is causing a road to melt in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Officials in Upper Leacock Township have put up signs warning drivers to slow down along Forest Hill Road because there's wet oil on the road. The stones that typically give drivers traction aren't staying in place, causing a slick surface.

The public works director said the road was resurfaced in September. Crews put oil on the asphalt to seal it and keep water out, and the road was then covered with stones. The heat seems to be making the oil so hot that the stones aren't staying in place.

One resident said she heard the oil dripping.

"I kept thinking there was water running, but it was that when they drove on it," said Kathy Shreiner. "You know, when they ran over it, it just sounded like water running."

Officials with the township said other local roads are having similar issues. The public works director said the temporary solution is to add more stones and put up the warning signs. He said so far, no one has slid off the road.