STORM 1996: GEORGIA LIFE, PROPERTY SUFFER Battling ice: Refreezing negated work, kept roads slick

• Published in: The Atlanta journal-constitution (2001)
• Main Authors: David Goldberg and Ann Hardie STAFF WRITERS, Staff writers Carlos Campos, Duane Stanford, Marlon Manuel, Ralph Ellis, Christy Harrison and Gary Hendricks contributed to this article
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 09.01.1996
• ISSN: 2473-1609; 2690-8093

Part of metro Atlanta's problem Sunday and Monday was that its temperature wasn't consistent. Even though the mountains received more snow, plowed roads there stayed clear - because it stayed cold. Although the state Department of Transportation threw about 230 workers using nearly 200 pieces of equipment at the task of clearing metro Atlanta interstates, some ramps on I-75/85 remained closed as late as Monday morning, and problems cropped up on I-20 and elsewhere throughout the day. For instance, Fulton County had six sand-spreaders to cover north and south sections of the county, said Frank Bockmann, assistant director of public works. But that's not a lot, which is why steep residential streets like Trowbridge Road in Sandy Springs remained largely impassable for much of the day.