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<font face="Corbel">I thought that this was interesting. Thank you
all who Adopt a Highway!!</font><br>
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<td>Adopt a Highway volunteers save state $6 million
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<td>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:03:41 +0000</td>
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<td>Gillach, James (DOT) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james.gillach@state.mn.us"><james.gillach@state.mn.us></a></td>
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<td>#DOT_ALLCOMM <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us"><ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Minnesota
Department of Transportation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">News
Release<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April
16,
2014
Contact: Mary McFarland Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Office: 651-366-4280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span> <b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Adopt
a Highway volunteers save state $6 million annually<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Enables
MnDOT crews to
</span></i><i><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">spend
more time on highway improvement, safety projects</span></i><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ST.
PAUL, Minn. – Volunteers helping with the Adopt a Highway
program pick up 826,000 pounds—more than 100 dump truck
loads—of litter annually saving the state an estimated $6
million, according to the Minnesota Department of
Transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Adopt a Highway program is staffed by more than 49,000
volunteers representing businesses, non-profits, families
and individuals who are helping to clean up more than 11,000
miles of Minnesota’s highways. The program saw an increase
of 12 volunteers groups and more than 120 volunteers in
2013.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“They
volunteer because they want to keep Minnesota highways
beautiful and because they take pride in what they do,” said
Ernest Lloyd, Adopt a Highway program administrator.
“Because of volunteers’ contributions, our crews can spend
more time on highway improvement and safety projects.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Even
with these great efforts, MnDOT is looking for more
volunteers to help with this public service campaign, Lloyd
said. To become part of the program, the volunteer groups
agree to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Adopt
a highway for a minimum of two years
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Select
a segment of highway approximately two miles in length
(Note: only select sections of state highways are available
for adoption due to safety concerns)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pick
up litter on both sides of the highway
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pick
up litter as often as needed from spring through fall,
usually two to three times
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MnDOT
provides a safety training video, trash bags for cleanup
events and safety vests for each volunteer. The
high-visibility color and reflective tape make litter crews
more visible to passing motorists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After
the group completes its cleanup MnDOT crews pick up the
filled bags and large, heavy or hazardous items from the
roadside. State workers, not volunteers, are responsible for
litter pickup along the interstate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Another
Adopt a Highway option is “Pick A Highway,” which allows an
individual, family, business or group the option of trying
out the program with a one-time pickup of litter along an
unadopted section of state highway. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.35pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Those
interested in participating in the program can visit
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.mndot.gov/adopt/contacts.html</span></a><span
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