Mayor Broome on closures, garbage collections, and safety tips ahead of severe weather Mayor Broom on closures, garbage collections, and safety tips ahead of severe weather By Autumn Payton | February 14, 2021 at 2:55 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 2:52 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome advises all residents to be prepared for these winter conditions and encourages staying off roads beginning Sunday night through Tuesday morning. Road Preparations: The East Baton Rouge Parish Public Works Department is working with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to keep our primary roadways open for emergency and essential travel. A combination of salt & sand trucks have been deployed and barricades have been pre-positioned. However, the freezing precipitation and accumulation of ice could still cause the closure of bridges and elevated roadways. Downed power lines and power outages are also possible.