 | Programs & Initiatives
Highway Beautification/Adopt-A-Highway - Adopt and Beautify |
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Flowers placed along the roadway to create a more attractive drive |
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SUCCESS
Pennsylvania, known since the days of founder William Penn as Penns Woods, is home to over 1,700 varieties of native flora. |
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Each year, PennDOT receives hundreds of letters from traveling customers writing to say thanks for the colorful wildflower patches planted along roadsides or in median strips--ususally along limited access or interstate routes. |
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PennDOT initiated its first statewide wildflower-planting effort in 1990, and this program has truly bloomed with benefits for Pennsylvania. The plantings enhance the attractiveness of Pennsylvania's roadsides and landscapes and help to increase environmental awareness. Wildflowers also reduce visible litter and mowing demands. |
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PennDOT must balances request for beautiful flowers along the roadsides with the need to improve the actual roadway surfaces. Of course, maintaining the safety and rideability of the Pennsylvania's highways and bridges is critically important and priority one. Thanks to volunteers who have adopted sections to beautify, Pennsylvania motorists can have both --- good roads and great vistas. |
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CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT | |
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Volunteers have an opportunity to expand upon PennDOT's planting efforts through the Adopt And Beautify Program, a public/private partnership to cultivate wildflowers and/or other approved plantings along our state roadways. |
| Under Adopt And Beautify, groups or individuals commit to planting and maintaining a section of highway for at least two years. In return, PennDOT places a sign at the location recognizing the group for its beautification efforts. | |
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| Interchange areas and traffice islands are also available for adoption under the Adopt and Beautify. What a wonderful way to say welcome to Pennsylvania and to your community! |
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SAFETY | |
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As usual, safety is a top priority. All participants must abide by the Department's safety requirements and wear gloves while removing litter. Gloves will be provided by PENNDOT. Participants must be at least 8 years of age, and those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. |
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For more information on a Highway Beautification Program(s), complete an online application form or contact PennDOT at:
PennDOT, Bureau of Maintenance and Operations
6th Floor, Keystone Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 705-1552 |
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District 1
Michael Hammond
255 Elm Street
Oil City, PA 16301
Phone: (814) 678-7147
| District 8
Bill Tyson
2140 Herr St.
Harrisburg, PA 17103
Phone: (717) 787-7600
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District 2
Michael Heitzenrater
1924-30 Daisy St. P.O. Box 342
Clearfield, PA 16830
Phone: (814) 205-1192
| District 9
Scott Hammond
1620 N. Juniata Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Phone: (814) 696-7226
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District 3
Lyndon Mink
715 Jordan Avenue
Montoursville, PA
Phone: (570) 368-4224
| District 10
Ryan Succheralli
2550 Oakland Ave. P.O. Box 429
Indiana, PA 15701
Phone: (724) 357-2833
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District 4
Martha Feisel
55 Keystone Industrial Park
Dunmore, PA 18512
Phone: (570) 963-4048
| District 11
Joe DiPietro
Thoms Run Road
Bridgeville, PA 15017
Phone: (412) 429-4954
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District 5
Steven W. Bruch
1713 Lehigh Street
Allentown, PA 18103
Phone: (610) 871-4139
| District 12
Mike Maurer
825 N. Gallatin Ave. Ext. P.O. Box 459
Uniontown, PA 15401
Phone: (724) 439-7374
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District 6
Anthony Goreski
7000 Geerdes Blvd.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: (610) 205-6753 | |
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| Highway Beautification Home Page | |
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