Group ‘Adopts’ 2 Miles of Street
In a program that encourages private citizens to help with street upkeep, a West Hollywood group “adopted” a two-mile section of Santa Monica Boulevard, California Department of Transportation officials said Wednesday.
Caltrans workers posted signs on Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive denoting the section in which volunteers from the United Gay and Lesbian Christian Scientists will pick up litter, department spokeswoman Patricia Reid said.
The group was the first to apply for the statewide program in which participants agree to clean a section of a state highway at least four times a year, Reid said. The department will furnish the group with plastic bags, hard hats and protective orange vests.
Caltrans also is encouraging individuals and groups to take on tasks such as planting wildflowers and seedling trees.
More information on the program may be obtained by calling (213) 620-4893.
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