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Public Works reports limited road closures after heavy August storms
Summary
Elbert County Public Works director told commissioners that heavy rains Aug. 13–15 caused localized flash-flood damage, leading to culvert failures, regraveling work, and two current road closures; most damage required regraveling and minor culvert replacement rather than large-scale reconstruction.
Monty Hankins, Elbert County Public Works director, updated the board on flood-response work following intense storms Aug. 13–15. He said crews regraded and regraveled stretches of county roads where water topped the surface, replaced a handful of culverts, and temporarily halted larger projects like the County Road 125 rebuild and an asphalt patching schedule so crews could address immediate flood damage.
"Some reports down around the [Fondis] area were up to 5 inches in about an hour," Hankins told commissioners, noting the storms were narrow bands that produced severe localized impacts but did not meet the threshold for federal disaster assistance. He said county staff reduced the number of closed roads from as many as six down to two and that a failing culvert north of County Road 74 on County Road 93 would require closure and rapid mitigation.
Commissioners praised the crews' response and photography-based updates that documented before-and-after conditions. Hankins said the department worked through the weekend and expected to continue repairs as weather allows.
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