Fulton County drivers are already seeing Halloween-related traffic issues, as two right lanes on I-20 West at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive were blocked just around 1 p.m. due to a crash. Authorities report that the blocked lanes are causing significant delays in an already busy area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just The Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Two right lanes are blocked on I-20 West at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, mile marker 53.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 This incident is causing delays, with high traffic volumes expected due to Halloween events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 An initial estimate put the clear time around 2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why It Matters:<\/strong> This incident is the first of what will likely be many early Halloween traffic delays for Fulton County drivers, potentially impacting plans for holiday celebrations, trick-or-treating, and commutes home. Heavy congestion is expected to continue throughout the day, with additional delays likely in other areas as festivities ramp up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> Drivers should monitor traffic updates on platforms like 511 Georgia for real-time information and consider alternative routes or delayed departure times if possible. With evening Halloween traffic anticipated, additional delays may occur throughout the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fulton County drivers are already seeing Halloween-related traffic issues, as two right lanes on I-20 West at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive were blocked just around 1 p.m. due to a crash. Authorities report that the blocked lanes are causing significant delays in an already busy area. Just The Facts: \u2022 Two right lanes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[8819,8861],"class_list":["post-208956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-halloween","tag-i-20","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}