Adopt-a-Road Program

What is Adopt-A-Road/Trail?

This program is an anti-litter campaign intended to build civic pride in a litter-free Sherwood. It allows citizens to work in partnership with the City by “adopting” a segment of roadway or trail and agreeing to keep it clean. This program offers individuals an inexpensive way to contribute to their community and generate publicity for their efforts. Every participant in this program makes a positive impact on the appearance of the road and trail system and their community.

Participants volunteer to remove litter, maintain landscaping or perform vandalism cleanup along an adopted segment for a minimum of two years.

The assigned roadway segments will be approximately two miles long and the assigned trail segments are less than one mile. The participants will service the road segment a minimum of four times a year and trail segments a minimum of six times a year.

The City will provide each group with safety vests, traffic safety signs and devices, plastic trash bags, safety training materials. The City will remove any large, heavy or hazardous materials. The City will also erect a sign at your adopted site recognizing your efforts.

Segments

• Litter pollutes! Rainwater runs off the roadway and drains into ditches before traveling into our creeks and rivers, taking contaminants right along.
• Litter is dangerous!  Broken glass and other debris can be hazardous to pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Litter is ugly! Clean roads reflect how we feel about our community.  Litter encourages litter. Littered roads destroy the natural beauty of this special place.
• Litter is expensive! The City of Sherwood is concerned about the growing litter problem but there just isn’t enough money to solve it alone.
  

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