JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) employees collected 720 pounds of trash along a two-mile stretch of Heckscher Drive in North Jacksonville Friday to celebrate Earth Day.
Employees cleaned the portion between the JAXPORT Cruise Terminal and the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
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According to JAXPORT officials, the clean-up has been an annual Earth Day tradition since they acquired this section of the road in 2022 through the Florida Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program.
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In total, employees collected dozens of bags of trash, two car bumpers, a tractor-trailer seat, a cooler lid, a bucket, and other items, officials said.