ATLANTA — Atlanta police, alongside E911, Atlanta fire, and the city’s department of transportation explained during a news conference the city’s security plan to keep Atlanta safe as tens of thousands ring in the new year.
Large numbers are expected on New Year’s Eve after the Peach Drop went on hiatus last year.
Atlanta Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum says street patrols and other task force will be out patrolling for street racing and DUI’s on New Year’s Eve.
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“We will have special teams deployed throughout the city and if street racing is how you’re going to ring in the new year, I can guarantee you, you will bailing out of jail,” Schierbaum said.
The City of Atlanta Department of Transportation is getting ready to shut down several streets in preparation for the event.
ATLDOT says they will start shutting down some lanes on Monday before fully shutting down several streets on Tuesday.
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The closures will last from 6 a.m. on Monday until 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
Monday, December 30
- Peachtree St.
- One northbound lane from Upper Alabama St. SW to Wall St. SW
- Pryor St. SW
- One southbound lane from Wall St. SW to Upper Alabama St. SW
- Wall St. SW
- One eastbound lane from Pryor St. SW to Central Ave. SW
- Central Ave. SW
- Two northbound lanes from Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. SW to Decatur St. SE
Tuesday, December 31
- Pryor St. SW
- Full street closure from Decatur St. SE to Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. SW
- Wall St. SW
- Full street closure from Central Ave. SW to Peachtree St.
- Peachtree St.
- Full street closure from Marietta St. NW/Decatur St. SE to Alabama St. SW
- Full street closure from Alabama St. SW to Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. SW
- This street will close at 2:00 p.m., except for guests at the Fairfield Hotel
- Alabama St. SW
- Full street closure from Forsyth St. SW to Peachtree St.
- This street will close at 4:00 p.m.
- Broad St. SW
- Full street closure from Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. SW to Alabama St. SW
- This street will close at 4:00 p.m.
Both police and E911 say it’ll have officers and dispatchers working on rotating 12-hour shifts.
E911 Director Desiree Arnold is encouraging those with non-emergent needs to use the city’s 311 help line and not 911.
“So we’re not tied up on no emergency calls, we available to go ahead and handle those emergency situations,” Arnold said.
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