Dover -- The Delaware Department of Transportation announces that it will host it's Second Annual "Imagine A Litter-Free Delaware" Clean Up Day on Saturday, September 30. DelDOT has designated this as a statewide cleanup day when everyone is invited to come out to clean Delaware's roads, highways and community areas. This is also the day when everyone should stop and consider what a litter-free Delaware would look like, and do what they can to make our state and our world cleaner and healthier.
It's also a great day for Adopt-A-Highway volunteers and/or Adopt-A-Bike Path volunteers to do one of their annual clean ups. Businesses, citizens, and homeowners are also being asked to ensure that trash is well contained, to pick up debris blowing around their property and to step outside to sweep a sidewalk, pick up sticks, or rake up some leaves. In addition, Secretary of Transportation Carolann Wicks is requesting that DelDOT maintenance forces pay special attention to cleaning Delaware's roadsides during the week of October 2-6. So
you'll see DelDOT crews out in force too!
If interested, please register by September 15 at our website, www.deldot.gov, under Hot Topics, or contact the Office of Public Relations at 302-760-2080 or 1-800-652-5600. No telephone registrations please. There is no fee to participate, just a desire to have fun! One free thank you bag per participant is available on a first come, first served basis when picking up supplies.
Of course, be sure to think "Safety First!" Anyone cleaning roadways should visit the nearest DelDOT district office to obtain safety information, safety vests and trash bags September 25-29, 2006.
Following the cleanup, participant may choose to dispose of the trash themselves (i.e., via household trash pick up, landfill, etc.). Or, filled trash bags may be placed near a traffic sign for DelDOT to pick up. If you need DelDOT to pick up the bags, please contact us at 1-800-652-5600 to let us know the location of these filled trash bags so they can be removed as soon as possible.
The rain date for the event will be Sunday, October 1, 2006.
Media interested in photo opportunities should contact the Office of Public Relations at 302-760-2080 or 1-800-652-5600 during the week of September 25-29, so that we may coordinate a time and location.
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