Adopt-A-Highway Program: Quick Synopsis

Any interested municipality or county may adopt its own program for these activities. MaineDOT will have limited involvement. Any sign erected to recognize participating organizations must have a permit from the MaineDOT. Each sign shall not exceed 4 square feet in area., and the cumulative total for each full sign assembly may not exceed 50 square feet. Each municipality can erect up to four full sign assemblies within its boundaries to announce the existence of this Program in the Town. Each sign assembly will be installed and maintained by the town. MaineDOT will have final responsibility and authority to determine the specific size and location of any sign assembly. This Program does NOT apply to the Interstate or a fully-controlled access highway

Beautiful sign in Monmouth. Up to four of these sign “units” can exist per town in Maine

Here is the basic process which any interested town will have to follow:

1. Decide to establish a Program and set up your local rules, preferably in ordinance form.

2. Provide those rules to the Boy Scouts, or the Kiwanis Club, or any interested group who wants to "adopt" a highway in town.

3. Submit application from the Town to the MaineDOT for permission to erect these signs (even on local roads).

4. Design, purchase, install, and maintain a sign or sign assembly (for multiple groups) anywhere in town (limit is 4 per town).

5. Monitor groups so that safety is number 1 while working off the road.