Crews clear state highways to prep for incoming rain
ATLANTA - No rain--just leaves. That's all we've seen falling and blowing around in the the sky for more than 40 days. That's why Natalie Dale of the Georgia Department of Transportation is advising drivers to be alert when the clouds move in and the rain finally begins fall for the first time in weeks.
"It's likely we will see some ponding even in areas we've been working hard to keep clean and it's likely the roads will be slicker because we haven't had the rain to wash oil that collects on the roads," Dale told Fox 5's Portia Bruner.
GDOT crews were busy all over I-285 and I-20 Monday-- trimming trees of dead or dying branches that could snap in the wind and clearing storm drains along interstates. This, as other maintenance crews handled the thankless task of picking up trash and debris that can clog storm drains--far more so than leaves, according to Dale.