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Cobb County urges residents to stay off roads after heavy snow, freezing rain create hazardous conditions
Summary
Cobb County emergency staff said heavy early-morning snowfall, subsequent freezing rain and sleet made many roads impassable, prompted an emergency operations center activation and left at least one serious crash that closed Concord Road.
Cobb County emergency staff urged residents to stay off roadways after heavy snow that began early Friday created hazardous travel across the county and later turned to freezing rain and sleet.
"Well this has been a winter storm for the books here in Cobb County," Speaker 1, staff member, said, describing rapid accumulation on roads and difficult driving conditions on hilly routes.
County staff said the Department of Transportation (CobbDOT) pretreated roadways, then switched to a sand–salt mixture once snowfall intensified, but the speed and volume of accumulation overtook treatments on many hills and elevated sections. Officials identified Johnson Ferry, Windy Hill, East–West Connector, Barrett Parkway and Cheatham Hill as examples of…
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