With ice expected to cover local roads tomorrow, Peachtree City police are urging all motorists to stay off the road to stay safe. It might turn out to be good advice throughout Fayette and Coweta counties, and based on reports we’ve heard from grocery stores, locals are prepared to hunker down for a day or more if necessary.
Gov. Nathan Deal has also urged drivers to get off the roads so they can be pretreated with salt and sand by the Georgia Department of Transportation, which has called in extra staff and vehicles from South Georgia to assist.
Officials want to make sure the roads are clear so they can respond to emergencies.
Meanwhile PTC police are also warning that Peachtree Parkway north is likely to close early on in the ice storm to all but local traffic. That section of road was one of the first to freeze in the snowstorm the area had two weeks ago.
Even the day after the storm, there were icy patches of road in the city, and one family found that out when their vehicle slid off the road and overturned. Fortunately the driver and children in the vehicle were wearing their seat belts, which were credited with saving their lives.
