🔴 UPDATES: CSRA braces for weekend of snow

JAN. 30, 2026

9:40 p.m.: McDuffie County announces several closures

The McDuffie County Transfer Station, Raysville Campground, and Big Hart Campground will be closed this weekend.
Recreation games have been cancelled for Saturday and Sunday. Sweetwater Gym will be closed until Feb. 3.
McDuffie County is not offering any transportation services.

7:35 p.m.: ‘Make some snow angels, stay off the road’

Georgia Department of Transportation spokesman Will Volk says your best bet is to stay home this weekend.
“Please, if you have nowhere to be, unless it’s really important, stay off the roads. That will really help our crews out especially, because if you wreck your vehicle and you block the road, we can’t plow the road,” Volk said.
“We see crashes on a sunny day. Now we’re going to throw in some snow, some icy conditions, like it’s going to be slippery and people aren’t used to driving in that kind of stuff around here. … I wouldn’t want to be out there,” he said.
“Just enjoy the snow, make some snow angels, stay off the road.”

6:41 p.m.: Ga. crews make progress treating highways

Georgia Department of Transportation crews and contractors have made good progress treating routes in east-central Georgia ahead of a winter storm forecast to impact the area on Saturday.
As of 6 p.m., about 85% of planned routes have been treated.
Georgia DOT crews treated all lanes of Interstate 20 and Interstate 520/Bobby Jones Expressway.
The original plan called for only treating the outside lanes. But because of additional resources, crews were able to treat all lanes.
Brine operations are expected to continue until about midnight, with complete treatment expected for all critical and high priority routes before the weather system’s arrival.
Based on current forecasts, GDOT anticipates switching to salt and plow operations on Saturday morning.

6:28 p.m.: Augusta Transit shutting down for snow…