Press Releases

This $3.9 million project was funded by the DeKalb Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), Georgia Department of Transportation and the PATH Foundation. DeKalb County will receive an estimated $388 million in SPLOST revenue over a six-year period to improve county roads, infrastructure, libraries, parks, and public safety. For more information about DeKalb County SPLOST, visit www.dekalbsplost.com.

The DeKalb County Audit Oversight Committee will meet virtually on Nov. 1, 2021, at 4 p.m. To view the meeting via Zoom, go to https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/84331114875 and use the password 792637. To join by telephone, dial 602-333-0032 and use conference code 249531.

On Nov. 1, a portion of the northbound lane along Briarcliff Road, between Woodlake Drive and North Druid Hills Road, will be closed Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. while crews work to replace 160 linear feet of ductile-iron water pipe. This section of Briarcliff Road will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 12.

The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections will hold a Special Called Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. This meeting will be conducted via teleconference (Zoom). Simultaneous public access to the meeting will be available via livestream on DCTV’s UStream channel at https://video.ibm.com/channel/dctv-channel-23.

On Oct. 17, 2021, a bat was captured on in the 1800 block of Westminister Way and later tested positive for rabies. Georgia is a rabies endemic state and the virus is present all year long. It is not unusual for the county to report several rabies cases each year.