Charles Gill spoke with other members of the Sense of Place group Friday and expressed that he was looking for groups to get involved in the program in order to keep Pickens County beautiful.
Adopt A Highway is a South Carolina Department of Transportation program that has been around since 1988. Groups sign up to pick up litter on a specific highway or road in the county. This involves at least two miles of the highway, and the group must participate in at least four clean-ups a year. The group is committed for a two year period.
Businesses, churches, schools, civic organizations, Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troops, sororities or fraternities or any other group of the sort may participate in Adopt a Highway. The SCDOT will post a sign to recognize the groups for their efforts to keep the highways clean in Pickens County.
Progress has been made in Easley, Gill said.
“We had a successful neighborhood clean-up last year, and we are hoping to do the same this year but we need people to help,” he said. “We have a neighborhood in mind already. We’ve talked with Pickens about joining forces as well.”
Michael Sheriff, Chairman of Vision 2025 and Liberty City Council member said Liberty does a clean up of about four miles around the town each year. Boy Scout troops are involved with this clean-up.
“How do we encourage groups around the county to adopt a highway?” Gill asked. “We need to aggressively get people involved in this.
For more information on the South Carolina Adopt A Highway program visit www.scdot.org/community/adoptahiway.shtml.
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