South Fulton County

7 drivers run off same highway in 1 day due to potholes

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Seven drivers ran off the same stretch of a South Fulton County highway on the same day due to potholes.

The string of incidents happened Sunday on Highway 92 near Jones Road. The road has since been patched, but drivers said they had a hard time figuring out who maintains the road.

Drivers were left with flat tires and damage to their cars.

Channel 2's Nicole Carr spoke to frustrated drivers, who said they were being given the runaround by public works as to who was responsible.

Tameka Pettis and six other drivers found themselves in the same boat early Sunday evening, pulled over on the side of the road with damage to their vehicles. It was all because of a series of large potholes along Campellton-Fairburn Road.

"I slowed down and then 'boom!',"  Pettis said. "It's just unavoidable. Just within that hour, there were seven of out there. So I'm certain there are a lot of people in that area that are affected by this whole pothole thing."

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Pettis said residents in South Fulton County need someone to do something about the road. She is one of the drivers who reached out to Channel 2 Action News after playing phone tag when it came to talking about payments for damage.

An online city reporting app shows other South Fulton drivers receiving confirmation from the city to address pothole repair from Highway 92 to Cascade-Palmetto Road. Drivers say they were instructed to call municipalities about these problems.

"First I called Fairburn, and they relieved to the City of South Fulton, which I didn't even know was a city," Pettis said.

On Thursday, they learned their claims should be filed with the state.

Before Carr heard back from anyone with the city Thursday, Pettis received a call from the Georgia Department of Transportation's College Park area office. Officials said there is a plan in place to fund pavement for a 10-mile stretch of Campellton-Fairburn Highway.

GDOT told Carr it is the agency's responsibility to patch the roads.

Carr said she saw that the work has already started and confirmed that crews made it out on Tuesday.

The state also reminded drivers that more of these type of potholes form in the winter with the drastic changes in weather.