PODCAST: Get the lowdown on Adopt a Highway litter pickups

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Thousands of Arizonans participate each year in ADOT's Adopt a Highway volunteer program. Their stories and their impact are truly inspiring, from a small army that has a one-day litter along all 45 miles of State Route 286 in southern Arizona to the hundreds of groups that adopt highway segments as memorials to loved ones.

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Mary Currie, ADOT's Adopt a Highway coordinator and truly one of the nicest and most helpful people you'll ever meet. She and our host, Doug Nintzel, discuss what goes into adopting a mile or more of state highway and what volunteers are responsible for. More importantly, Mary explains how fulfilling it is to be part of making state highways more appealing for all.

I make a cameo in this episode because I have adopted a mile of State Route 87 just north of the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway in Mesa. I will tell you here, and I say so in the podcast, that my family, friends and I enjoy our litter pickups and feel a real connection with our adopted highway.

If hearing from Mary makes you want to learn more, please visit azdot.gov/adoptahighway.

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