UPDATE: Road closings list

Written By: Champion Staff
1/13/11
Categorized in: DeKalb News

Numerous roads, sections of roads or intersections remain closed due to the excessive snow and ice this week.

Here are the roads closed as of 8 a.m., Jan. 14, according to DeKalb County spokesman Burke Brennan. All are closed until further notice.

4001 Weelaunee Road

500 block of Scott Circle

Browns Mill Road at Garden City

Evans Mill Road at Flat Rock

Hambrick Road at Rockbridge Road

Hancock Road to the Atlanta city limits

Henderson Mill Road from Briarcliff Way to Leslie

Houston Mill Road at Adelia Place

I-285 eastbound exit ramp to Ashford Dunwoody Road

I-285 southbond at Memorial Drive

Indian Creek Way to Northern Avenue

Johnson Ferry Road/Ashford Dunwoody Road to Waterton Court

Johnson Ferry Road at Pleasantdale Road and Morningside Village Lane

Mason Mill Road at McConnell Drive

North Shallowford Road at Savoy Drive

Pleasantdale Road at Morningside Village Lane to Lynnray

Rock Chapel Road at Turner Hill Road

Rock Chapel Road at Rockbridge Road

Rock Chapel Road from 124 to Center Street

Rock Springs Road at Panola Road

Rockbridge Road at Highway 124

Comments (9)

Allen

Said this on 1/16/11 At 12:27 am

Vickie, it's called "surge capacity" and it looks like we have zero.
Any emergency plan includes contingency surge planning for scenarios that are unexpected, unusual, but possible--think of CDC planning for a terrorist smallpox attack. A lot more unlikely than snow and ice in winter, but there is a plan, it is practiced to the extent possible, and it is reviewed periodically.
DeKalb, on the other hand, has a plan to say "well, we can't afford to BUY trucks, and we haven't thought of anything else we might do. Except avoid making up as many days of school as possible."

Vickie

Said this on 1/14/11 At 05:50 pm

In reply to #2

We don't have bad winters like this every year. How long does an elected official stay in office with Dekalb County? Probably not long enough to experience another BAD Winter. So, you have to re-evaluate every so often.

Vickie

Said this on 1/14/11 At 05:48 pm

In reply to #3

First of all, I would like to know if any of you who have already left comments have lived in Atlanta, GA all of your life. This is probably the worst since 1989. Why because I was born here. The most difficult one was in 1972 when Carter was the Governor. We had "NO POWER" for a week along with ice on the roads. Atlanta has really improved since this time. Shut up about who needs to be fired. Thank you,MARTA for not sending the buses out which may have caused more harm than good. Shovel your driveway and HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR. BE THANKFUL THAT YOU HAD POWER. If we had not had a gas stove in 1972, we would not have had any warm food.

Diane

Said this on 1/14/11 At 04:18 pm

It's not too hard for northerners to deal with, but here in Atlanta, we have icy hills. Side roads are never treated much in the north and we neighbors would work together and dig, salt with rock salt and shovel to break up areas to get out into main roads. Our municipalities SHOULD have been better prepared with all of the advance notice, but WE can help each other also. Shovel it!

JBK

Said this on 1/14/11 At 02:52 pm

have to travel to Northside Hospital this evening 1/14. How is the best way to travel?

Tish

Said this on 1/14/11 At 11:37 am

In reply to #3

Wow, Mark. Maybe if the 'idiot' Ga DOT workers weren't helping your 'hood out, they could of spent more time on the interstates.

mark

Said this on 1/14/11 At 09:57 am

Idiot Ga DOT does little or nothing to change road conditions while Atlanta shuts down under all this ice GA DOT did nothing. Instead of treating and deiceing roads they CLOSED them. They traeted ONE INTERSECTION in my neighborhood on N Druid Hills Rd then left almost all the road impassable covered in snow/ice...
FIRE THEM ALL AND HIRE SOMEONE WHO CAN MEET THE PROBLEM WITH RESULTS...

JerryMyer Jackson Jr

Said this on 1/13/11 At 08:00 pm

The Violent Swings in Weather will only get worse = Trust me on that ! So be better prepared.

And Yes, No City, No County and No State in the Deep South can afford to Own vast numbers of these expensive limited to snow removal types of equipement. However DeKalb County the third largest County in the State was said on the News to have only two Plows and three Spreaders, sounds a little low in numbers to me.

Leadership from The State Capitol of Georgia, to The Ga DOT, to The DeKalb Board of Commissioners to the DeKalb CEO once again have left the Tax Paying Citizens of DeKalb County to fend for themselves.

NO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN = Nothing new for DeKalb residents.

DeKalb County = Leadership without a clue = A County in Crisis !

Allen

Said this on 1/13/11 At 03:02 pm

These roads are NOT closed "due to the excessive snow and ice this week." The snow and ice were done THREE DAYS AGO. The roads are closed due to a failure to have a contingency plan for snow and ice occurring to the extent WE KNOW can happen every 10 years or so.
This doesn't happen regularly but it does happen enough that maybe we should have some plan other than 'the sun will eventually come out' just in case it does happen.

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