AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Transportation began its annual brush-control program along Maine’s highways on Monday, according to Bob Moosmann, a senior landscape architect.

This year, the department plans to spray about 4,280 miles of state-maintained roads in 452 communities and townships.

For more information about the spray program or to request a No-Spray Agreement, people may contact the regional DOT office in Dixfield at P.O. Box 817, Dixfield, ME 04224; or by calling the office at 562-4228.

For more information on schedules for individual communities, people may contact the regional office. Technical information is available from the Maine DOT Environmental Office in Augusta at 624-3100.