Adopt-A-Road Program

About the program Find out about how to participate in this successful and rewarding volunteer litter control program in your community. About the Adopt-A-Road Program (279KB .pdf) "Adopted" roads To sign up Complete an application form and send it to us using the contact information at the bottom of this page. Feel free to call or e-mail first to discuss road availability. Once your adoption request is approved, you will receive an in-person safety orientation, sign a program agreement and fill out a recognition sign request. To organize your cleanup 1. Select a preferred date. 2. Call 206-296-3807 at least two weeks in advance to check availability of your preferred date and reserve your safety kit(s). 3. Each safety kit includes materials for up to ten people. 4. Pick up your safety kit(s) from a specified maintenance office location. 5. Review the Adopt-A-Road Safety Rules with your volunteers at or prior to the clean-up event. 6. Have all volunteers sign the Informed Consent/Release form. Volunteers under age 18 must also have a Minor Participation Permission form signed by a parent or guardian. 7. Return the safety kit(s) in good condition within two business days of your cleanup so that others may use them. 8. Mail or fax a Completion form and the signed Consent/Release form to the Adopt-A-Road office.

SPRING HOURS FOR SAFETY KIT PICK-UPS • Maintenance shops, except Renton, are open 6 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday. • The Renton office is open 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. FEATURED VOLUNTEERS Meet our featured Adopt-A-Road volunteers. ADOPT-A-ROAD BROCHURE Download our Adopt-A-Road Brochure. (279KB .pdf)

Forms and other information

• Application Form (66KB .rtf)
• Adopt-A-Road Agreement (36KB .pdf)
• Recognition Sign Request (15KB .rtf)
• Safety Rules (31KB .pdf)
• Volunteer Informed Consent/Release Form (31KB .pdf)
• Minor Participation Permission Form (31KB .pdf)
• Maintenance Office locations (30KB .pdf)
• Safety kit contents (17KB .rtf)
• Completion Form (646KB .rtf)

Helpful links

• City of Seattle Adopt-A-Street Program
• Illegal Dumping Hotline
• Secure Your Load
• Washington State Department of Ecology's Litter Web site

Landscape Enhancement Program

Contact us

To check on road availability, request safety kits or schedule a safety orientation, contact the Community Partnerships Intern, at 206-296-3807. For other program inquires contact Ruth Harvey, Program Manager, at 206-296-3477.

Adopt-A-Road Program
Road Services Division
King County Department of Transportation
201 S. Jackson St.
MS: KSC-TR-0313
Seattle, WA 98104-3856
Telephone: 206-296-6590
Facsimile: 206-296-0566
E-mail: Adopt.Roads@kingcounty.gov

Updated: June 16, 2008