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Cobb to test for winter weather responsiveness this week

Motorists drive through a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. The University of Georgia's Gwinnett campus delayed their opening while further west, the Cobb County school system canceled classes and weather forecasters predicted another round of winter weather for Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

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Motorists drive through a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. The University of Georgia's Gwinnett campus delayed their opening while further west, the Cobb County school system canceled classes and weather forecasters predicted another round of winter weather for Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
By Carolyn Cunningham
Dec 6, 2016

Cobb County Department of Transportation staff and operators will test their responsiveness to severe winter weather on Dec. 7-8.

The exercise will begin at the CCDOT office at 1890 County Services Parkway, Marietta and continue along assigned ice and snow routes from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday and 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Wednesday’s exercise will include only pretreat (brine) vehicles, treating bridges only on designated ice and snow routes.

During Thursday’s all-day exercise, trucks will be covering all ice and snow routes throughout Cobb County.

Information: Cobb’s Road Maintenance Division Manager Bill Shelton at bill.shelton@CobbCounty.org.

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