Roads Impacted By Toppled Trees, Power Lines In Sandy Springs

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- The city of Sandy Springs has shared a list of roads that are impacted due to trees and power lines reportedly down in the area. Morning commuters out of Cobb County, the city added, should plan alternate routes if their drive takes them through Johnson Ferry Road and Riverside Drive, as several locations are closed on Riverside south of Johnson Ferry.

Reported trees and wires are down at the following locations:

• Hammond @ Peachtree Dunwoody Rd
• Hammond Dr @ GA400 North ramp
• 580 Hammond in/near Lorell Ter
• Northside Dr @ Garamond Rd
• Hammond Dr from 400 N to Concourse Pkwy
• 7285 Northgreen Dr
• 5510 Benton Woods
• Johnson Ferry @ Riverside Dr
• 320 Landfall Rd
• 5400 Roswell Rd
• Benton Woods Drive @ 5540 Windy Ridge Dr
• 46 West Belle Isle
• Forrest Valley @ Highpoint
• 173 Mystic Place
• 125 Grantley Ct
• 2215 Spalding Dr
• 655 Fair Oaks Manner
• Mt Vernon @ Redborn
• 5056 Greenpine Dr
• Spalding Cir
• 6305 Long Island Dr
• 6582 Cherry Tree Ln
• 545 Forest Hills Dr
• Riverside Dr @ Riverside Pkwy
• S Trimble Rd @ Trimble Chase Ct
• 5260 Mt Vernon Pkwy
• 5164 Powers Ferry Rd
• 8940 Huntcliff Dr
• Glenwood Dr @ Brackenwood Dr
• 65 Maryeanna Rd
• 6049 Heards Dr
• 5152 Powers Ferry Rd
• Riverside Dr and Valley Rd
• 6215 Riverside Dr
• 1160 Windsor Pkwy
• Spalding Dr and Nesbit Ferry Rd
• 7104 Duncourtney Dr
• Lake Forrest Dr near Chevaux Ct
• 7764 Mt Vernon Rd
• Riverside Dr and Heards Ferry Rd
• Glenridge Dr & 285 EB (signal out)
• 230 Burdett Dr
• 65 River Park Dr
• 5667 Colton Dr
• 105 Bonnie Ln
• 45 River Park Dr

The city is reminding residents to stay off the roads Tuesday to give Georgia Power crews the space necessary to work its magic and restore order to the public rights-of-way.

“We need the public’s patience, and I’m strongly asking and urging people to stay off the roads in Sandy Springs Tuesday,” said Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul. “People trying to traverse our city will severely complicate our situation and cause real public safety problems, both to themselves and our crews.”

Monday proved to be a brutal and tragic day for the city, as dozens of reports of fallen trees and power lines were regularly reported throughout the city. Those reports were documented throughout the day on the city's Facebook page. A male resident was killed Monday afternoon when a tree sliced through his home on Hardeman Road.

Image via city of Sandy Springs