1/16/18
GDOT Crews spreading Brine solution on Highway 515 in Blairsville
(Gainesville)- Georgia Department of Transportation officials says brine application has already started on many of the priority routes in North Georgia, in preparation for possible inclement weather. GDOT spokeswoman Katie Strickland advised District One Georgia DOT crews began pre-treating bridges and overpasses this morning at 10 a.m. in advance of the winter storm in Georgia.
The District’s most northern counties, Union, Towns, Rabun, White, and Lumpkin were the first to be treated. Blood Mountain and Unicoi Gap were sprayed with the salt water solution as well as State Route 2/ US 76, and State Route 15/ US 441. Crews distributed 3500 gallons of the salt water in the most northern counties.
At noon brine application started in Gwinnett, Hall, Dawson, and Forsyth with trucks spraying Interstate 985, State Route 316, Interstate 85 and State Route 400.
District Maintenance Engineer Rob Mabry said, “We expect to experience the leading edge of the wintry mix/snow in our far northwestern counties as the system then moves southeasterly through our District. Our maintenance crews will begin 12 hour shifts tonight at 7p.m.
