Curry Democrats Adopt a Highway

The Democrats of Curry County have adopted a mile on 101 in Curry County between mile markers 347and 348.

With the placements of these signs, comes the responsibility to clean both sides of the highway at least two times per year.

The Adopt-a-Highway program, also known as Sponsor-a-Highway in some areas is a promotional campaign undertaken by U.S. states, Provinces and Territories of Canada and national governments outside North America to encourage volunteers to keep a section of a highway free from litter. In exchange for regular litter removal an organization (such as Cub Scouts, or Knights of Columbus, for example) is allowed to have their name posted on a sign in the section of the highways they maintain.

The program originated in the 1980s when James Evans, an engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation, saw debris flying out of a pickup truck bed. Litter cleanup by the city was expensive, so Evans sought the help of local groups to sponsor the cleaning of sections of the highway.

So if you drive by and see a group of people wearing brightly colored vests picking up trash that will be the Democrats of Curry County! Give us a wave.