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King County Road Services - Adopt-A-Road Program

Learn about the Adopt-A-Road Program

Adopt-A-Road brochure Interested in helping to keep your community clean? Find out how to participate in this successful and rewarding volunteer litter control program.

Download our Adopt-A-Road brochure (279KB .pdf)



Find a road to adopt

Adopt-A-Road Map
Use our GIS-based Adopt-A-Road Map to view adopted and available routes in unincorporated King County.

Sign up

Complete an Application Form (online or print, 31KB .pdf) 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 a safety orientation video, and a program agreement to sign and return. After you have completed your first cleanup, fill out and return a Recognition Sign Request Form (online or print, 476KB .pdf).

Organize your cleanup

Select your preferred date.

At least two weeks in advance, call 206-296-3807 to check the availability of your preferred date.

After your date is confirmed with the Adopt-A-Road Program Manager, you can reserve your safety kit(s).

Safety kits include materials for up to ten people.

Pick up your safety kit(s)

Pick up your safety kit(s) from a specified maintenance office location.External link

Before your clean-up

Review the Adopt-A-Road Safety Rules with your volunteers at or prior to the clean-up event.

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.

After your clean-up

Return the safety kit(s) in good condition within two business days of your cleanup so that others may use them.

Mail or fax (206-296-0566) your Cleanup Results Form or fill out an online form and the signed Consent/Release Form to the Adopt-A-Road office.

Forms

Rules and policies for volunteers

All King County Adopt-A-Road Program volunteers are required to adhere to the following King County rules and policies:

Helpful links

Following are links to related Web sites that may be of interest:

Contact us

To check on road availability, reserve a cleanup date or request safety kits, contact Yvette Franz at 206-296-3807. For other program inquires contact Maria Van Horn, Program Supervisor, at 206-296-6510.

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: 206-296-3807
Facsimile: 206-296-0566
E-mail: Adopt.Roads@kingcounty.gov


Information from the Road Services Division's Web site is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.

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FEATURED VOLUNTEERS
South Firs Homeowners Association Adopt-A-Road clean up event.
Pictured: South Firs Homeowners Association at their 2011 Spring Adopt-A-Road event.
(Enlarged view, 835KB .jpg)

VOLUNTEER SAFETY
TRAINING VIDEO
Training video
Watch the video!
(Windows Media file)
Or e-mail us to
request a DVD by mail.

WINTER HOURS FOR
SAFETY KIT PICK-UPS
Maintenance shops,externalink except Renton, are open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
• The Renton office is open 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
Reminder: Call 206-296-3807 to schedule cleanups and reserve kits before picking up kits.

NEWSLETTER
King County Adopt-A-Road Spring 2011 Newsletter
Download our
2011 newsletter
 (444KB .pdf)