Atlanta airport will add to its de-icing equipment
ATLANTA (AP) - Officials at Atlanta's airport are spending around $40 million on an effort to reduce the risk of massive flight cancellations during winter weather.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/a1eK) that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is adding six more de-icing pads.
Airport officials say the goal is to prevent a repeat of what happened during the storm of January 2011, when travelers got stuck on the tarmac waiting for their planes to be de-iced and hundreds of flights were canceled.
Airport General Manager Louis Miller the new de-icing pads are scheduled be completed next winter.
Hartsfield-Jackson currently has 11 de-icing pads near Concourse E. Each pad can deice an average of 2 planes per hour, so adding six on the airport's north side will increase its de-icing capabilities by 12 aircraft per hour.
A group of metro Atlanta business community leaders are pledging $10.5 million to improve one of the state's busiest and most congested freeway interchanges.
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Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl after she was found safe.
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Atlanta fire crews are battling a huge, two-alarm blaze at an automotive business downtown.
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State Representative Tyrone Brooks appeared in federal court on Wednesday morning to answer to fraud charges. Brooks pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman.
State Representative Tyrone Brooks appeared in federal court on Wednesday morning to answer to fraud charges.
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