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Local Highway Wins Award For Pretty Flowers

Program Sponsored By NC Garden Club

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FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. -- A stretch of Highway 52 in Rural Hall has received an award from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for wildflowers planted in the median.The stretch won best regional wildflower planting for the central North Carolina region.The awards are intended to reward DOT staff for efforts to enhance the appearance of North Carolina highways, the DOT said in a news release.The effort is sponsored by the Garden Club of North Carolina Inc.The flower planting is coordinated by the DOT's Roadside Environmental Unit, which installs and maintains more than 2,000 acres of flowers along North Carolina highways.The program is paid for with money collected from the sale of vanity and specialty North Carolina license plates, the DOT said.