(KNSI) – Volunteers are needed to help keep roadsides clean in Stearns County. The Stearns County Highway Department says volunteers collected about 11.2 tons of waste in ditches along county roads.
Stearns County has about 230 Adopt-A-Highway groups but is looking to add more to care for its more the 465 miles of road. The 1,200 bags worth of garbage at the cost of about $3,800.
Taken by Stearns County Highway Department
The Adopt-A-Highway Program started in Stearns County in 1990. The groups involved in the program get their name put on an informational sign to let everyone know who’s maintaining the road ditch in that area. Groups are generally responsible for picking up a two-mile stretch of road.
In a Tweet, Stearns County Commissioners and the highway department thanked all the Adopt-A-Highway volunteers.
If your organization or business would like to volunteer or for more information on the program, click here.
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