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Adopt A Road

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Adopt-A-Road Program
Right of way utilization permit

Adopt-A-Road statistics

Thanks to our Adopt-A-Road participants

With the amount of trash littered on the roadside every day, your involvement is becoming increasingly important. Any local community organization, school group, or business group as well as individuals 18 years of age or older, may adopt a road.

Guidelines for adoption include an agreement to clean at least one mile or the entire length of a road’s right of way four times per year. Participants are supplied garbage bags, safety vests and a road sign identifying the adopting group. You may select a road of your choice or choose from a specific "needy road" listed below. If you wish to adopt a road or portion of road within city limits, please contact your city. Rules and regulations are provided to each group. If you wish to adopt a County maintained road, complete the form below.

"Needy roads" up for adoption:

Port Orange
Tomoka Farms Road (from Taylor Road to one mile south)

DeBary
Dirksen Boulevard
East Highbanks (17/92-Enterprise)

DeLand
East Beresford Avenue (Garfield to South Blue Lake)
Voorhis Avenue (S.R. 44 to Hill)

New Smyrna Beach
Williams Road
Old Mission Road
Mission Road (S.R. 442 to S.R. 44)
Park Avenue (U.S. 1 to Mission Road)
Enterprise Avenue (Hickory Street to Pioneer Trail)
Pioneer Trail (Hwy. 44 to Hwy. 415)
River Road (Drum to Flounder)

Pierson
Old County Road 3
Emporia Road
West Palmetto Avenue

If you wish to adopt a road or portion of road within city limits, please contact your city.

Volusia County Solid Waste Division
3151 E. New York Ave., DeLand FL 32724

Telephone (386) 943-7889
Fax (386) 943-7904

To enhance the environment and the appearance of Volusia County roads, (your name), herein after referred to as Permittee, requests permission to "Adopt-A-Road." The road is:
between  and 
known as:
in Volusia County, hereinafter referred to as County, grants by permit the right to perform the work as described:

1. The work will be performed under and in accordance with the Volusia County Adopt-A-Road conditions attached to this permit and incorporated herein by reference.

2. Permittee shall abide by all laws and regulations relating to right of way utilization, safety, and all other conditions as required by the Director of Solid Waste for the particular adopted road(s). Permittee shall make all volunteers aware of and conform to the Guidelines and Conditions as attached.

3. It is expressly stipulated that this permit is a license for permissive use only.

4. Permittee will, at all times, assume all risk of and indemnify, defend and save harmless the County, its officers, agents or employees against any and all claims; losses, damages, responsibility, liability, costs or expense arising from or allegedly arising from or related to the exercise or attempted exercise of the rights and privileges granted by this permit.

5. Permittee agrees that the County Solid Waste Management Services Group may terminate this permit at any time the Permittee does not comply with the permit conditions or at any time the Permittee’s work is unsafe or causes a conflict with traffic. The Director of Solid Waste reserves the right to revise or discontinue this program at any time.

6. As to all relationships to the County, Permittee and all persons performing work under this permit shall at all times and for all purposes be volunteers and not employees. Any rights and benefits available to such persons are limited to those provided pursuant to Chap. 125, Fla. Stat. (1998 Supp.), Part VI, Volunteers.

Organization/individual:
Cleanup coordinator:
Address line 1:
Address line 2:
City:
ZIP:
Phone number: -
Fax number: -
E-mail address:

Name to appear on sign (30 letters including spaces):

Adopt-A-Road statistics

October - November - December 2008
Groups doing cleanups

23

Volunteers 201
Hours 73
Volunteer hours 456
Cost savings

$3,038.19

Bags

196

Pounds

3,920

.
January - February - March 2009
Groups doing cleanups

28

Volunteers 216
Hours 84
Volunteer hours 347
Cost savings

$2,316.16

Bags

229

Pounds

4,570

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