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Volunteers will fan out across lower Michigan to give state highway roadsides their annual spring cleaning beginning Saturday as groups in the Michigan Department of Transportation Adopt-A-Highway program pick up litter from April 13 to 21. Today, more than 2,700 groups have adopted more than 6,300 miles of state highway. These volunteers collect 60,000 to 70,000 bags of trash annually, an estimated $5 million value for the state. AAH groups wear high-visibility, yellow-green safety vests required by federal regulations when working within a highway right of way. MDOT provides free vests and trash bags and arranges to haul away the trash. For more information, go to Michigan.gov/AdoptAHighway
