During the past four Saturdays, Operation Clean Sweep crews have cleared more than 110 tons of debris from major DeKalb County roadways.
“Many of DeKalb’s departments work hard day-to-day to remediate blight and improve the appearance of the county, but this isn’t a problem we can tackle alone,” said DeKalb Beautification Director Marcus Kellum. “We can do the heavy lifting, but we need communities to come together to adopt a road or hold community clean-up days.”
Operation Clean Sweep is targeting arterial roadways before turning a focus to collector, then residential, streets. Crews clear grass, trash and debris from roadway drains a curbs, mow rights-of-way and remove litter. To date, crews have cleared more than 110 tons of debris from 25 miles of roads.
Crews will continue clearing county roads on April 8 at DeKalb Medical Parkway and Hillandale Drive. Motorists are reminded to drive with caution around employees and equipment.
Adopt-a-programs and community cleanups can be organized with the help of Keep DeKalb Beautiful. For more information, contact 404-294-2010 or kdb@dekalbcountyga.gov.
Find updates on Operation Clean Sweep at www.dekalbcountyga.gov/clean-sweep.
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