Atlanta Municipal Court is closed for today due to a power outage, the city says.

The outage occurred after a traffic accident knocked down power lines at 440 Whitehall Street SW.

“If your court date was affected by today’s closure, please email CourtDate@atlantaga.gov. Check Court.atlantaga.gov and  @AtlantaMunicipalCourt for additional updates,” the city says.

Here is the full announcement:

ATLANTA  – The City of Atlanta announced that the Municipal Court of Atlanta located at 150 Garnett Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 will be closed for the remainder of the day due to a power outage caused by a traffic accident that knocked down power lines at 440 Whitehall Street SW.

The power outage is affecting the Government Center area, which includes the ATL311 Customer Service Center, the City of Atlanta Wellness Center, the Government Center parking deck and the City Plaza parking deck. Georgia Power is working to restore service to the area as soon as possible.

The City expects the ATL311 Customer Service Center to resume operations by 1:30 p.m. today. Please monitor www.atlantaga.gov webs ite for further updates.

If your court date was affected by today’s closure, please email CourtDate@atlantaga.gov. Check Court.atlantaga.gov and  @AtlantaMunicipalCourt for additional updates.

If you have a life-threatening emergency please call 911. For those calls that require immediate assistance from the Department of Watershed Management, please call 404-546-1290.

The City expects the ATL311 Customer Service Center to resume operations by 1:30 p.m. today. Please monitor www.atlantaga.gov  website for further updates.