LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Motorists need to be on the lookout beginning this coming Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out along state roadways from Ironwood to Monroe picking up litter.
Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) program are scheduled to clean highway roadsides from Saturday, July 15 to Sunday, July 23 during the second of three scheduled pickups for 2023.
The Adopt-A-Highway program began in Michigan in 1990 and MDOT Officials say has grown to involve more than 2,900 groups cleaning more than 6,000 miles of highway, with volunteers regularly collecting more than 60,000 bags of trash annually.
Volunteers include members of civic groups, businesses and families.
Crew members have to be at least 12 years old and each group must include at least three people, and groups are asked to adopt a section of highway for at least two years. There is no fee to participate.
Adopt-A-Highway signs bearing group names are posted along the stretches of adopted highway.
Sections of highway are available for adoption all over the state. Interested groups can get more information on joining the program at www.Michigan.gov/AdoptAHighway
The year’s final Adopt-A-Highway pickup is scheduled for the fall, from September 23 to October 1.
