To the Editor:

After driving some 70 miles today (Tuesday, Jan. 21), I found Alexandria's snow removal/road treatments was disappointing.

For the primary/snow emergency routes that I drove on today, VDOT/Fairfax County gets an A; D.C. gets a B+; Arlington a C, and Alexandria a D. Given that the temp is probably around 5/10 degrees right now and tomorrow's high is suppose to be 19 degrees, I'm dumbfounded why Alexandria did not put salt down on at least the primary roads.

What I found even more dumbfounding is that my street, S. Whiting Street, the driving lines were completely clear of snow and sludge and yet Route 1, Quaker Lane, King Street and Braddock were sluggish.

Ruben Duran

Alexandria