Press Releases

Some customers are without service due to a water main break at Twin Keys Apartment Homes on Briarwood Road in Atlanta. DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management crews are at the complex at 1457 Briarwood Road Northeast assessing the break to make repairs.

Walker Drive, between Chester Way and South Columbia Drive, will be closed to through-traffic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 5, to facilitate the crane removal of a tree at 1200 Walker Drive, Decatur, GA 30030. Road closure and detour signs will be placed in the area during the road closure period advising motorists of construction work in the area and of local traffic restrictions.

Emory Drive NE, between North Decatur Road and Ridgewood Drive NE, will be closed to through-traffic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 13, to facilitate the crane removal of a tree at 400 Emory Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30307. Road closure and detour signs will be placed in the area during the road closure period advising motorists of construction work in the area and of local traffic restrictions.

DeKalb County will open three warming centers for residents to use overnight. Warming centers will be open in the following DeKalb County Fire Stations tonight, Jan. 2, beginning at 8 p.m. Anyone staying in the warming centers must follow the county’s COVID-19 protocols which include wearing a mask, social distancing and undergoing a temperature check.

Due to recent heavy rains a portion of Zinzendorf Drive, near Herrenhut Road in Stonecrest, has been damaged. Repair crews are onsite to stabilize the road until permanent repairs are made. Motorists traveling in the area are reminded to reduce their speeds in the work zone and avoid the area if possible.