Just as the grass begins to green, the ugly roadsides of early spring are due for another transformation — on the main drag in West Bath, at least.

The Over-The-Hill ATV Riders will conduct their spring cleanup on Saturday, April 20. The pickup is not for people’s curbside trash. But over a stretch of about a mile on State Road and out Foster’s Point Road, the Over-The-Hill gang will spend the morning picking up most anything that has cluttered the roadside over the winter.

“We pick up bottles, clothes — everything imaginable,” said John Hauck, club president. “We even get used baby diapers that have been thrown out of vehicles.”

The club has been picking up roadside trash every spring and fall for the past four or five years, Hauck said.

Hauck said six to perhaps a dozen club members will gather at Bill Hochgesang’s residence at 9 a.m., 204 State Road.

With permission from the town and the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department, they will head out for the trash collection in four-wheelers with trailers attached.

“A group will be walking along, and fill the trash bags, then fill the trailers,” he said. “We supply gloves. The club donates about 30 to 50 trash bags. When the trailers are full, we’ll take them to the West Bath landfill.”

“We get a lot of positive feedback from the townspeople,” Hauck said. “People driving along the road appreciate it, too. They call out to us.”

“The road looks good for about a week,” Hauck said.

lgrard@timesrecord.com