Adopt-A-Highway Program
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Overview
Georgia’s Adopt-A-Highway program enlists citizen volunteer help to remove litter from state roadsides. While saving taxpayer dollars, the program provides recognition for participating companies and organizations, brings the environmental and monetary costs of littering into public awareness, and promotes civic responsibility and pride. The volunteers of the Adopt-A-Highway program serve as visible reminders to the public that we are all stewards of the land.
We Georgians are proud of our beautiful state, but unfortunately, our roadways are becoming dumping grounds for illegal litter. The same state that inspired poet laureate Sidney Lanier to write of its beautiful rivers and trees is being threatened by litter, which is unsightly and expensive to remove. Roadside litter also poses a serious threat to motorists and wildlife.
Please help clean up our state by volunteering with our Adopt-A-Highway Program, a partnership between the Georgia Department of Transportation and Keep Georgia Beautiful. The following information will help you and your group get started so that you can join hundreds of volunteer groups already cleaning up Georgia’s roadways. Thanks for helping Keep Georgia Peachy Clean!
How the Program Works
Each volunteer group adopts at least a one-mile stretch of highway and agrees to remove litter from both sides of the road at least four times a year for a two-year period. A group which wants to pay for a litter removal service adopts at least a two-mile stretch of highway for two years.
The volunteer group’s leader notifies the appropriate Georgia DOT office at least three business days prior to a scheduled pickup. The filled litter bags are left on the site at a predetermined location for Georgia DOT crews to pick up. Within one week after the pickup, the volunteer group will submit a status report to the district office.
A volunteer group may also participate in the following additional activities:
- Contribute wildflower seeds to be planted in your adopted site, per the discretion of the District.
- Develop and implement a program to educate the public and help foster public awareness about litter prevention and improve the appearance of the adopted highway.
- Remove graffiti, per the discretion of the District.
- Pay contract services to remove litter from your adopted site, per the discretion of the District.
Contacts
District coordinators for the Adopt-A-Highway program can answer most of your questions.
You may also contact the statewide coordinator by:
E-mail: adopt-a-highway@dot.ga.gov
Telephone: (404) 631-1390,
Or by writing to:
Georgia DOT Adopt-A-Highway Program
Office of Maintenance
One Georgia Center
600 West Peachtree St, Ste 1044
Atlanta, GA 30308