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Rain likely to shut down weekend interstate work
There are several road construction projects planned this weekend, weather permitting, but the forecast won’t likely be very permitting, as widespread rain is predicted for both Saturday and Sunday. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said early Friday that while there could be a few sprinkles around town Friday ...
Metro Atlanta’s next toll lanes: I-75 in Henry and Clayton
Georgia is about to construct its first new toll road since Ga. 400 and almost no one is talking about it. Two counties away from the much-condemned I-85 HOT lane and the checkered, billion-dollar Northwest Corridor, 12.2 miles of I-75 mostly in Henry County is scheduled to sprout new lanes, ...
I-285 re-open from morning truck fire
All lanes of I-285 eastbound re-opened around 2 p.m. Monday, hours after a tractor-trailer fire shut down the interstate during the morning commute.The flatbed truck caught fire in the right emergency lane of I-285 near Riverside Drive just before 9 a.m.All eastbound lanes remained blocked until 9:30, when one lane ...
Skies to clear for weekend fun, road work
Friday’s rain should clear out in time for this weekend’s full slate of spring festivals — and give road crews dry conditions for several construction projects around town. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton is forecasting sunny skies for Saturday and Sunday, along with unseasonably cool temperatures. Saturday will ...
Howell Mill Road, Ga. 400 reopen after suspicious package scares
This rash of suspicious package reports that have kept the Atlanta police bomb squad scrambling in the wake of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing continued Friday, and like the reports before it, Friday’s first suspicious package turned out to be totally harmless. Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, another suspicious package — the ...
Police ID two dead in Cobb County head-on crash
Two people were killed in a predawn head-on collision that shut down a major south Cobb County thoroughfare during the early part of Wednesday’s morning commute.The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. on Austell Road north of Sweetwater Lane in Austell.According to the preliminary investigation, an Austell police officer was attempting ...
Weekend road construction returns after two-week hiatus
After a two-week hiatus, weekend interstate road work resumes Friday night with a vengeance, especially on the top-end Perimeter, where multiple ramp and lane closures are planned. Resurfacing will shut down various lanes of I-285 in both directions between Paces Ferry and Chamblee Dunwoody roads, beginning at 9 p.m. Friday ...
DOT rewrites toll plan, considers other innovations
Making a lane of I-20 reversible? Variable speed limits on the Downtown Connector? Reversible central “zipper” lanes and more shoulder lanes for other roads? All are proposals under evaluation now at the state Department of Transportation, as officials rewrite the toll plan for metro Atlanta. Recommendations won’t be out until ...
Suspect arrested in fatal hit-and-run in Marietta
Police have arrested a man and charged him in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist in Marietta early Wednesday morning.Joseph Gathambiri, 25, of Marietta, was riding a bicycle on south Marietta Parkway heading to work at a fast food restaurant just before daybreak when he was struck and killed by ...
Spring break should ease traffic
If commuting is easier Monday, thank spring break. School districts across metro Atlanta are closed and hundreds of thousands of kids will not be rushing to and from school. The school systems in Atlanta and Decatur, as well as in Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties, will be closed ...
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