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Blasting in Stonecrest subdivision to last several weeks

Crews began detonating explosives Wednesday to remove bedrock in the Parks of Stonecrest located off of Turner Hill Road, the city wrote in a Facebook post.
Crews began detonating explosives Wednesday to remove bedrock in the Parks of Stonecrest located off of Turner Hill Road, the city wrote in a Facebook post.
By Raisa Habersham
Feb 6, 2019

For the next eight weeks, some Stonecrest residents will wake up to construction blasting in their neighborhood.

Crews began detonating explosives Wednesday to remove bedrock in the Parks of Stonecrest located off of Turner Hill Road, the city wrote in a Facebook post.

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The blasts are expected to take places from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday until April 3, the city’s land development inspector Josh Reed told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Reed said residents in on Dogwood Pass will likely be affected. Everyone in the subdivision and in nearby areas have been notified of the ongoing blasting.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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