MoDOT Says Warmer Temperatures Are Ideal For Cleaning Missouri Highways
November 30, 2021 10:49AM CST
As the unseasonably warm temperatures continue, the Missouri Department of Transportation is looking for help removing litter from the state’s roadways.
Since 1987, Missouri’s Adopt-A-Highway program has involved volunteers across the state working together to clean up the state.
The program currently contains 5,300 groups and 50-thousand volunteers.
More than 6,400 miles of roadway are already adopted.
Last year, MoDOT spent 6.4 million dollars to remove litter from more than 385-thousand acres of roadsides along 34-thousand state highway miles.
State Highway Maintenance Director, Natalie Roark, says the best way to prevent litter is to avoid creating it.