COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The roads are snow packed, icy, and visibility is bad.

Snow plow drivers in Colorado Springs will be out in full force, with about 40 plows, throughout the night, but that won't be enough to plow the 7,400 miles of roadway in the Springs.

You can count on primary streets like Academy and Platte being plowed, but residential streets will have to have at least 6 inches of snow before a plow comes out.

Because of the storms severity I'm told residential streets likely won't be plowed at all before Monday at the earliest.

Plowers haven't stopped since about 12:30 Thursday afternoon, scrapping snow from the roads, and laying down an anti-skid sand.

"As fast as this storm hit the street iced over real quick," said North District Resurfacing Supervisor Terry Huggins.

"Then snow falls and covers it up real fast and everything is ice underneath so it gets real tough," said Plow Driver Cory Rivera.

So tough, that people rushing home from work around 2:00 PM were caught in a slew of traffic and accidents.

"The visibility was so low, even though I tried to stop, I still kind of slid. Luckily it was in between lanes. Still kind of scary though," said Erica Ruff.

A scary drive home that left many asking me why the plows can't keep the roads clearer.

"We can help by putting anti skid down so they can get some traction but we can't cover an entire road," Rivera said.

"Depending on the snow fall we could be on the primaries all day into tomorrow," Huggins said.

Meaning no plows on secondary streets or neighborhoods.

"I think it makes since to focus on the primary streets that's where the majority of people are going to be," said Jennifer Mears.

A big battle is the wind.

By the time plowers get the roads cleared, wind blows the snow back onto the streets.

If your street still needs plowing on Monday, you can call the city streets division.

You'll be put on a list and residential streets will be plowed in a "grid by grid" basis.