SALT LAKE CITY — Drivers that notice that the sides of Utah’s freeways are turning green are not seeing things.

Utah Department of Transportation crews are busy applying a product to the land beside some of Utah’s roads.

The light green color added to the land is a seed mix.

In the spring, drivers should see it become plants and flowers that attract bees and butterflies.

UDOT spokesperson Mitch Shaw said the mixture is dyed green so crews know where they’ve applied it.

He says it’s essentially a solution that contains wood fibers. It’s made out of material that’s a little like gum which helps it stick to the soil.

Shaw said that, without it, the soil will erode. And that could lead to road damage. As an example he pointed to a sinkhole on Interstate 15 in Davis County.

A sinkhole o

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