Staff with the Portland Bureau of Transportation said they were able to get a jump start and get ahead of winter weather over the weekend.

"We’ve been actively applying anti-icer on nights when it’s dry. We have to put down anti-icer when it’s not wet out there. That means that last night we actually put down 4,750 gallons of anti-icer on the majority of our anti-icing routes around the city," said spokesperson Hannah Schafer.

Schafer said if ice develops into Monday morning, crews can use vehicles to break that up, or they can spread salt and additional anti-icer when appropriate.

We aren’t seeing the need for that level of response at this time so we will be gaging our response and responding based on what’s coming down on the ground – but at this moment we are hoping that the anti-icer will do a lot of the work to keep the roads from getting too slick," Schafer said.

The Oregon Department of Transportation also used anti-icer on freeways around the Portland metro, and they're keeping a close eye on the roads going into the week.

Spokesman Don Hamilton said if the weather gets worse, staffing could be a concern, increasing wait times to clear ice and snow.

Hamilton said at this point, his team is prepared.

"If they’ve got a problem in Eastern Oregon, we can send some of our crews from the Portland area out there but our first priority is certainly right here in the Portland area. We will address the concerns in the Portland area before we start trading crews around anywhere else," he said.

Hamilton said ODOT will leave it up to local maintenance yards to determine when to switch over to 12-hour shifts if needed in the days ahead.