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| Adopt-A-Highway sign and a
mountain of litter from one pick-up
"Adopt-A-Highway offers Pennsylvania citizens the opportunity to show their pride in our beautiful state by caring for the environment. We all know that a more attractive Pennsylvania is more attractive to our tourists and to businesses."
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Food wrappers, aluminum cans, newspapers and cigarette packs. From the city to the countryside, this is the trash that many careless people leave on Pennsylvania's highways. It's not a pretty sight, and it certainly does not make a good impression for the people who are traveling through Pennsylvania. |
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PennDOT's Adopt-A-Highway program is an effective way to reduce litter and the overall cost of litter removal in Pennsylvania. By volunteering to clear a two-mile section of state highway four times a year, you and/or your group are caring for the environment and helping to minimize our maintenance cost. The Adopt-A-Highway Program in Pennsylvania has had more miles adopted than any other state in the nation! |
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"Thousands of caring citizens have given their time to help in our quest to keep Pennsylvania beautiful and litter-free. With your help, we can continue our commitment to leave our children a cleaner, healthier and more beautiful Pennsylvania."
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Volunteers partner with PENNDOT |
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You can help to create a good first impression of Pennsylvania, and you can help spread the message that littering along our highways hurts our environment. Under PennDOT's Adopt-A- Highway Program, you, your civic or volunteer group can help beautify Pennsylvania two miles at a time. |
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HERE IS HOW YOU CAN MAKE A PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT UNDER PENNDOT'S ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
The Program is simple... |
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You, your civic or volunteer group may sign a two-year program participation request with PennDOT to adopt a two-mile portion of state highway and promise to pick-up litter at least four times a year. In return, PennDOT will post signs along the highway giving you or your group full credit for your efforts. |
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Your safety is important... |
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PennDOT will provide complete safety training for volunteers as well as orange safety vests and highway warning signs to be used during litter pick-ups. The Department also provides trash bags and will pickup the bagged litter from the roadside. Volunteers must be at least eight years old, and participants under 18 must be accompanied by adults. |
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Take care of the environment... |
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You can join a popular effort to clean-up litter on Pennsylvania's collective front yard - its 150,000 acres of roadside. By helping to keep this great state clean for our own residents, as well as for the millions of visitors who travel our roads every year, you are making an important contribution to take care of the environment. |
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED |
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If your group would like to participate in Pennsylvania's Adopt-A-Highway Program, contact your local PennDOT County Maintenance Office. An Adopt-A-Highway coordinator will assist you on the terms of the program and help you select a two mile stretch of state-maintained road to adopt. The county listings can provide you with addresses, phone numbers, and contacts for the programs in your county. |
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Follow link to view the full list of Program Coordinators organized by district. |
| Highway Beautification Home Page | |
| Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful | Program Coordinators |
| Adopt & Beautify | Links, Forms and Facts |
| The Great PA Cleanup | Adult & Juvenile Litter Brigades |
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