TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The City of Tallahassee and Georgia\u2019s Department of Transportation are sending local teams to North Georgia to help with the impacts of an expected winter storm this weekend.<\/p>\n
The GDOT is sending about 100 South Georgia employees north, with some of them operating brine trucks to prepare roads for the weather conditions, according to a GDOT spokesperson. <\/p>\n
Furthermore, the department is also sending 18 dump trucks equipped with plows and salt spreaders.<\/p>\n
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As far as the City of Tallahassee, crews will unite Saturday to prepare a mutual aid deployment toward Marietta, Georgia, city officials announced Friday. A team of 17 personnel from City Electric and Fleet, along with trucks and equipment, will head to Marietta to help with expected power restoration efforts, per the city.<\/p>\n
Tony Guillen, general manager of the City of Tallahassee Electric and Gas Utility, says their highly skilled crews are no strangers to the conditions they may face.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey welcome the challenge and willdemonstrate the professionalism and heart that Tallahassee is known for,\u201d Guillen said. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of their commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Florida Municipal Electric Association says this is \u201cFlorida\u2019s largest cold-weather mutual aid deployment to neighboring states in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n
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