DeKalb County’s Operation Clean Sweep beautifies Columbia Drive

Operation Clean Sweep is a multi-departmental plan involving DeKalb County’s Roads and Drainage, Beautification, Sanitation, Communications and Public Safety departments. The countywide initiative focuses on removing debris, trash and grass from roadway drains, mowing grass and removing litter. Phase I will address 300 miles of major arterial roads before moving to collector roads and residential streets.

Operation Clean Sweep is a multi-departmental plan involving DeKalb County’s Roads and Drainage, Beautification, Sanitation, Communications and Public Safety departments. The countywide initiative focuses on removing debris, trash and grass from roadway drains, mowing grass and removing litter. Phase I will address 300 miles of major arterial roads before moving to collector roads and residential streets.

A recent Operation Clean Sweep event removed more than 16 tons of debris embedded along the curb and 73 bags of litter on Columbia Drive between Katie Kerr Road and Santa Monica Drive.

To date Operation Clean Sweep crews have removed more than 160 tons of debris from county roads. 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 and curbs, mow rights-of-way and remove litter.

Find updates on Operation Clean Sweep at www.dekalbcountyga.gov/clean-sweep.

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