Overnight construction work continues on Interstate 285/State Road 400 this week. Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation contractors will close lanes for geotechnical site investigations and survey work on the Transform 285 improvement project.

One eastbound right lane on I 285 will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday from Long Island Drive to east of Ashford Dunwoody Road. Also for the same time period Monday through Thursday another right lane on I 285 westbound will be closed from Chamblee Dunwoody Road to Ashford Dunwoody Road. Motorists should be aware of work vehicles on the shoulders of the roadway and those entering and exiting the work zone.

Information: www.brookhavenga.gov.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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