Update 8:15 a.m. — Most of the busier roads are in good condition, but back roads may be icy. Most walkways, many parking lots and driveways are ice-coated.
Update, 7:30 a.m. — Police reports icy lots at RHS. Police and ambulances reporting icy conditions on smaller roads, driveways. Prospect Street icy.
Update, 7:10 a.m. — Car slides down Craigmoor Road driveway and hits tree; no injuries. Two-car accident in Dunkin Donuts lot on Danbury Road. Vehicle off Woodcock Lane.
Update, 7:05 a.m. — Surfaces are very slippery. (Two ambulances have just been dispatched for people, aged 22 and 51, who have been injured in falls in different parts of town; unknown whether ice-related.)
Update, 5:40 a.m. — Traffic is moving smoothly on well-treated state roads like Route 35 and Route 7. Light freezing rain continues to fall.
Monday, 5 a.m. — Ridgefield is waking up to a thin coating of ice that is making driving hazardous.
Schools are on a two-hour delay today.
Light precipition and 27 degree temperatures have led to the icing of roads and walkways. Trees are also icing.
The National Weather Service says icy conditions may continue this morning, but rising temperatures will turn the freezing rain to plain rain by noon.
The Ridgefield Highway Department and state DOT sanders are on the road.
There have been no power problems reported in connection with the icing.