road construction

Transportation June 2, 2021

Cobb County announces road closings for summer construction

Cobb County announced road closings of three county roads for the summer construction season. The announcement on the county’s website highlighted projects on Cheatham Hill Road, Willeo Road at the…

Smyrna March 3, 2020

Major Construction on the Way as Smyrna Awards $29.6 Million Windy Hill Road Contract

Things are about to get messy on Windy Hill Road. A $42-million extreme makeover of the corridor funded by sales tax dollars was approved in 2016. Since that time several…

Repaving Brookside Drive -- trucks spread asphalt

Cobb County, Mableton July 5, 2018

Repaving Brookside Drive in Mableton — Part 2

Repaving Brookside Drive continues Repaving crews have been working on streets adjoining Oakdale Road. Over the past few days they’ve begun spreading and rolling the asphalt. This is our second…

Crew at work on a repaving project in Mableton (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County, Mableton July 2, 2018

Repaving of Brookside Drive in Mableton

Repaving of Brookside Drive Repaving crews have been working on the streets adjoining Oakdale Road, including Brookside Drive. We’ve put together a slideshow of the work-in-progress. This morning crews scraped…

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History December 22, 2024

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

Defense industry December 22, 2024

Lockheed Martin gets up to an additional $11.8 billion on existing F-35 contract

Photo of F-35 in flight courtesy of Lockheed Martin According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin will be awarded a “not-to-exceed $11,762,911,991” modification to…

Cobb County December 22, 2024

Two Sweetwater Mission food distributions highlighted

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following reports and photos from two Sweetwater Mission food distribution events in South Cobb: Food distribution at Friendship Revival Center Barry submitted the…

Climate and Weather December 22, 2024

Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Sunday, December 22, 2024

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, December 22, 2024, with a high near 46 degrees. Tonight it is expected to be clear, with…

Acworth December 22, 2024

Jeff’s Bagel Run: scratch-made bagels in Acworth

By Mark Woolsey There’s a new entry on the bagel front in Acworth, and its name might make you blink. Co-owner Valee Desai says their store, dubbed Jeff’s Bagel Run,…

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road construction

Cobb County announces road closings for summer construction

Major Construction on the Way as Smyrna Awards $29.6 Million Windy Hill Road Contract

Repaving Brookside Drive in Mableton — Part 2

Repaving of Brookside Drive in Mableton