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According to the agency, "sampling has confirmed there was no contamination of the public water system."

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A boil water advisory in Sandy Springs that followed on a disruption over the weekend has been lifted, Atlanta Watershed Management announced Tuesday morning.

According to the agency, "sampling has confirmed there was no contamination of the public water system."

"Water may be used for all purposes without boiling. The City’s drinking water meets or exceeds standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as required by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has been notified," a Watershed Management release stated.

RELATED: Boil water advisory | Sandy Springs reports repairs complete, water pressure being restored

The city of Sandy Springs previously announced Monday morning that repairs on a 48-inch transmission main on Riverside Road near the Don White Memorial Park had been completed, and that pressure was being restored.

"DWM is dedicated to safeguarding the residents' well-being throughout the City of Atlanta and the City of Sandy Springs," Atlanta Watershed Management said. "We apologize for any inconvenience that this issue has caused to the community."

Sandy Springs said Monday on Twitter that Atlanta Watershed had ben "working throughout the night" to restore service.

" A new part had to be fabricated to make the repair, which was completed earlier this morning," the tweet said. "Diver crews are currently working on installing the new part."

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs-based UPS announced Tuesday that it is planning to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to recover from what its CEO called a difficult and disappointing 2023.

Channel 2′s Michael Seiden has learned that the layoffs will impact some workers in metro Atlanta.

Channel 2 Consumer Advisor Clark Howard believes corporate employees who work in metro Atlanta will be the hardest hit.

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“It’s brutal for these employees that are affected,” Howard said. “It’s because retailers would like to make some money, you know, online delivery. And online returns have eaten the profits of retailers, and they are doing a big shift in how they do business with you and me.”

One of those changes he said has to do with online shopping, specifically asking shoppers to make returns at stores.

“So every return that you get you to return the way they want means a package that UPS or FedEx is not sending back to the retailer,” Howard said. “And this is directly impacting both package companies because people are modifying their behavior to save themselves money because the retailer says that’s what we got to do.”

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“It’s just really a confirmation of how things have changed,” he said. “THIS is the trend. We’re doing more and more in-person, less and less delivery. And that affects us so much in Atlanta, with UPS being based here.”

Howard said that another reason for these layoffs is a lot of people miss the experience of shopping in person and that has caused a reduction in online shopping, which means less of a profit for companies like UPS, Amazon, and FedEx.

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People trying to drive out of neighborhoods along Roberts Drive are dealing with traffic delays due to a detour as bridge construction closesd the road over GA 400 for a week.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) said contractors will close Roberts Drive over GA 400 for approximately one week, from Friday, Dec. 15 through Friday, Dec. 22. The closure is part of construction on the GA 400 Bridge Replacements project. Completion is anticipated by May 22, 2024.

There will be a full closure of Pride Place at Sandy Springs Middle School and a closure of Roberts Drive between Pride Place and Gettysburg Place, which are on opposite sides of Ga 400.

Contractors need the closure to complete work to match the new roadway alignment with the existing roadway, GDOT said.

The detour will be signed and marked. Law enforcement will be in place during peak travel times.

Roberts Drive between Roswell Road and Gettysburg Place does not connect to any other through streets, so while the detour is in place all traffic must use its intersection with Roswell Road near the bridge over the Chattahoochee River.

Valeria Palmer, a resident of Roberts Drive, said the problem is that on those two miles between Roswell Road and Dunwoody Place there are as many as seven condo and townhouse communities and almost as many apartment complexes.

“Georgia Power says there are more than 1,800 accounts off Roberts and having that many people using one exit with no controls other than a stop sign is dangerous,” she said.

More options exist for motorists off North River Parkway faced with the detour at Pride Place to connect with Dunwoody Place and reach signalized intersections at Northridge or Roswell Roads.

A Sandy Springs spokesperson said the city coordinates with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) on project-related traffic impacts.

“Our Traffic Management Center (TMC) will monitor the traffic and adjust signals if necessary, in coordination with GDOT,” Interim Communications Director Dan Coffer said in an email reply to questions.

Though vehicular traffic won’t be able to use the Roberts Drive bridge, GDOT said pedestrian traffic across the bridge will be maintained.

GDOT said that Roberts Drive Bridge is being replaced and widened with a raised profile. It will include a 12-foot, multi-use path on the south side, a sidewalk on the north side, and an interior barrier wall on the south side separating pedestrians from the travel lanes. Sandy Springs entered into an agreement with GDOT for bridge aesthetics.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A metro Atlanta woman says she got contaminated gas at a Sandy Springs Costco and the retail giant won’t do anything to help with the $700 bill to fix her car.

“The engine light started flashing and the car started shaking. So, I got super scared. I turned around and came back to my driveway,” Michelle Robinovitz told Channel 2 consumer investigator Justin Gray.

At a Volkswagen dealer, they diagnosed the problem as bad gasoline. The mechanic even recorded a video showing that the fuel was contaminated with water.

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“They were like, you have bad gas. We have to drain all the gas and put in new gas and clean everything out before we do that,” she said.

Robinovitz says she knows where the gas came from because it is the only place she and her family buy gas -- the Sandy Springs Costco.

She had just filled up the day before the car started experiencing problems.

Until this, Robinovitz was a big Costco fan. Even the coat she wore during her interview with Gray, was from Costco.

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“So, I went straight to Costco thinking that they would stand behind their product and they did not,” Robinovitz said.

Even though Robinovitz provided Costco with the video from her mechanic and the proof she purchased the gas at Costco, they denied her claim.

We showed the video from Robinovitz’s mechanic to the head of Georgia’s Fuel and Measures division at the Department of Agriculture, Doug Killingsworth.

Fuel and Measures regulates the state’s more than 100,000 gas pumps.

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Killingsworth said he could tell by sight that it was bad gas.

“That sample, I can promise you, would fail, but that is what we call an unofficial sample,” he told Gray.

Killingsworth says if you suspect contaminated gas, you should report it to the Fuel and Measures division of the Department of Agriculture immediately.

“If they call us that day, we can be on-site that same day. We have done that before and found major issues and were able to clean things up very quickly,” Killingsworth said.

In 2023, Fuel and Measures received 809 complaints and confirmed 547 of those had contaminated or sub-standard fuel.

“Number one, call us and call us in a timely manner. I mean, don’t wait. You know, if your vehicle’s given an issue, don’t wait two days, five days,” he said.

Robinovitz didn’t know to call fuel and measures back on January 4th.

She thought Costco would step up and take care of the $700 repair bill.

“For them just to dismiss me like that, I know it could not have only been me. I got it on the fourth. This happened on the fifth. I am sure other people had problems,” Robinovitz said.

Channel 2 Action News first started trying to reach Costco for comment last week. We are still waiting for a response.

Fuel and Measures says if you file a complaint, not only will they shut down a pump until it is fixed, but they can provide you official test results for the gas that can be used in any claim for damages.

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) -The City of Sandy Springs is cracking down on old apartments failing to prevent fires with a new ordinance passed this month.

It comes just three months after a fire broke out for the second time in the last three years at the Azalea Park Apartment complex.

“I think it’s atrocious the way that these buildings are so old and they haven’t been kept up appropriately,” Azalea Park Apartment resident Sam Falcone said.

Falcone has lived at the Azalea Park Apartment complex in Sandy Springs for five years and said it’s time old apartments like this are held accountable.

“I can tell you since I’ve lived here in 2018 this is now the second apartment fire and second building that has burnt down,” Falcone said.

In March of 2021 fire officials told Atlanta News First that a fire hydrant wasn’t working on the property and it prevented crews from accessing water to put out the fire that ignited on the property.

This year, fire officials told Atlanta News First the building didn’t have a sprinkler system because it was an older building.

Residents also told Atlanta News First that smoke detectors never went off during the latest fire that happened.

“The fact that they didn’t learn from their first mistake is like, ok clearly someone is being negligent here,” Falcone said.

The city said 47% of the 98 total apartment buildings in Sandy Springs are old and outdated and don’t have a sprinkler system, therefore, they are required to have other lifesaving tools like fire alarms and fire extinguishers.

However, city officials said too many times apartment owners and property managers aren’t ensuring these deterrents are fully operational.

The city said they made $35,000 off apartment fines in one year.

“That’s why we are requiring these inspections because some of the fires we’ve had previously at some other apartment complexes were directly related to lack of maintenance,” Sandy Springs Structural Engineer and Building Department Manager, Jonathan Livingston said.

Now under the new ordinance, apartments will be required to hire a certified building inspector to inspect complexes annually instead of over the course of five years, according to the city.

In addition, city officials said apartment managers will have to take a city ordinance course detailing the new building, record keeping, and maintenance requirements.

By January city officials said apartments will have to be in compliance with the new city ordinance or face fines and possible litigation for ongoing violations.

“Yeah absolutely, I think it’s appropriate I think it should have happened a long time ago,” Falcone said.

The city says under the new ordinance, apartment buildings will also be required to have their own insurance in case there is a loss of life during a fire.

Details included in the ordinance can be viewed in this document beginning on page 105.

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