The Georgia Department of Transportation's maintenance crews will make cosmetic improvements along Interstate 575 and Highway 140/Hickory Flat Highway in Cherokee County.

Along with those two highways, the crews will continue to cut vegetation along Highway 20 in Bartow, Highway 5 and Highway 60 in Fannin County, Highway 515 and Highway 282 in Gilmer County.

Weather permitting, work will proceed daily between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

GDOT calls the grass cutting "integrated roadside vegetation management," which is a method to "bring together social and cultural elements, biological concerns, and mechanical treatments to economically manage roadsides for motorist safety, environmental health and visual quality," according to a press release.

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