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I was wondering whose responsibility it is to clean up the trash on the corner of Linville Road and N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge, next to Bojangles. It is quite an eyesore in such a beautiful community. We received this question in early November, and since that time volunteers with Oak Ridge Lions Club have picked up trash in this area. While it is ultimately NCDOT’s responsibility to clean up the litter along state-maintained roadways, many local volunteers assist in this effort by participating in the state’s
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Oak Ridge Lions Club members volunteer to pick up trash along Linville Road four times a year as part of NCDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Shown here, club members gather at the home of Carolyn Brown (front row, far left) on a brisk morning in November to collect trash. Donning orange vests and armed with large trash bags and gloves, the group picked up about a dozen large bags of trash along the sides of Linville Road.
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The Lions Club’s most recent quarterly trash pick-up day was Nov. 20, and they collected several bags of trash along Linville Road, including fast-food bags and cups, liquor bottles, many plastic water bottles, remnants of a How We Can Help Expertise on all levels of How We Can Help vehicle that appeared to be from an hearing technology and Pediatric and adult accident, and a torn-up red plastic gasassistive devices audiological services Pediatric and adult audiological services oline container.
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