The Highway Cleanup Act (HB 100), which was introduced by House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne), provides additional funding for trash pickup, road maintenance, public awareness and litter deterrence and enforcement. Under the bill, a new grant program will be created called “Detainees Clean NC,” which will provide local sheriff’s offices with additional funding to oversee detainee litter cleanup efforts. The overall bill has the support of the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the N.C. Sheriffs’ Association.
Having received a favorable report in the House Transportation Committee the bill now goes to the House Appropriations Committee for further review.
Bipartisan highway cleanup act advances in NC House
From staff reports
RALEIGHT – A bipartisan bill aimed at helping clean up North Carolina’s roadways has passed the House Transportation Committee, N.C. Rep. Jake Johnson said Monday.
The Highway Cleanup Act (HB 100), introduced by House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne), provides additional funding for trash pickup, road maintenance, public awareness and litter deterrence and enforcement, Johnson said in a news release.
Under the bill, a new grant program will be created called “Detainees Clean NC,” which will provide local sheriff s offices with additional funding to oversee detainee litter cleanup efforts.
Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp)
What started out as something for Amy Albritton to do on her Mondays off has created a local following of people who share her same dislike for litter.
Albritton’s work schedule changed last September, leaving her off every Monday. She quickly phoned her mom, Debbie Anderson, to see if she would join her in picking up trash off of roads.
The two posted a selfie on social media after cleaning parts of Highland Avenue and other surrounding streets, and Kinston s Trash Bashers was born on September 21, 2020. The duo soon turned into a group of five – and six months and 611 13-gallon trash bags later, four groups now clean up streets, ditches, and properties within Lenoir County.
Think NC highway litter is out of control? You can help as cleanup event resumes Richard Stradling, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Mar. 8 RALEIGH A statewide volunteer effort to pick up trash along North Carolina highways will go on as scheduled this spring, after twice being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The N.C. Department of Transportation s Adopt-A-Highway Spring Litter Sweep will take place April 10 through 24. NCDOT provides trash bags, gloves and safety vests to volunteers from local businesses, community groups, schools, churches and law enforcement agencies and then collects the filled bags they leave along the highways.
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Perpetual construction, traffic changes take its toll. I popped into Circle K on Concord Parkway across from Golden Corral the other day to get a drink. The first thing I noticed was several empty coolers.
The convenience store is closing March 12 and the building will be demolished.
Business has been way off. My guess is the constant construction and the re-routing of traffic doomed the business. Iâm sure the pandemic didnât help.
The old Kannapolis Highway/U.S. 29-A street was rerouted up to square up with Mall Drive. I noticed that there was a lot more traffic on the northbound side of Concord Parkway, than on the southbound side where Circle K is.