Johns Creek and Autrey Mill Spook House This weekend

Starts this coming Friday...fun for all the family, and some tasty treats, too.
Preschool Spooky Mill
Friday, October 29th
11am-2pm

This year Spooky Mill starts on Friday at 11am with special Halloween activities to delight preschoolers.

•Trick-or-Treating
•Games
•Scavenger Hunt
•Itty Bitty Bug Hike
•Mummy Wrap
•Bug and Dirt Sundaes, and lots more!
No registration. A parent or guardian must accompany their child. Ticket cost and costs for food items are cash only; no credit cards.

Bridge Repairs in Johns Creek

Bridge repairs mean
quicker Fire Department
responses, strengthening
spans could shave off minutes
posted on 10/5/2010






Johns Creek has bolstered eight of its bridges so that fire trucks can cross them, speeding response times in emergencies.

"This is really good news," said Fire Chief Joseph Daniels. "This could cut response times in some parts of the city by one to three minutes. This work by the Public Works Department could make a real difference in making people safer."

A survey by the state last year showed that eight bridges in the city were potentially unsafe for fire trucks. The Fire Department re-routed some of its trucks to be on the safe side.

In dire situations, fire officials would use some of the bridges but make the fire engines stop, halt traffic, and then creep across. Ladder trucks had to avoid the bridges altogether. Pumper trucks can weigh up to 19 tons and ladder trucks can weigh 39 tons. A World War II Sherman tank weighs about 33 tons.

Now, pumpers can roll across the bridges without worry.

In all, 10 bridges received various improvements at a cost of about $641,000. All of the bridges pre-date the incorporation of the City in December, 2006.

In repairing four spans on Bell and Old Alabama roads, crews this summer scraped off up to six inches of excess asphalt layered over the years. The asphalt weighed tons, which limited how much more weight the bridges could handle.

Repairs to bridges also included tightening and adding bracing to beam-supports, fixing guardrails, removing debris from the streams, and placing rip rap to prevent erosion.

The bridges are now refurbished, stronger and safer.
Repaired Bridge Locations:

1.Bell Road over Cauley Creek
2.Bell Road over Chattahoochee River Tributary
3.Old Alabama Road over Johns Creek Tributary
4.Old Alabama Road over Johns Creek
5.McGinnis Ferry Road over Caney Creek
6.Barnwell Road over Hogan Creek
7.Parsons Road over Johns Creek
8.Brumbelow Road over Chattahoochee River Tributary
9.Buice Road over Johns Creek
10.State Bridge Road over Chattahoochee River (Westbound approach slab only)