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22 The review of state DOT roadside development and management programs, policies, and protocols for high visibility urban freeways with limited pedestrian access, such as wider medians, interchanges, and overpasses, was conducted through a summary of survey responses and the review of state DOT literature, such as published manuals, guidelines, and documentation available on state DOT websites. The survey was distributed to state DOTs to ascertain whether their respective DOTs have formal documents that specifically pertain to landscape development and management of the UFR.
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State of the Practice 23 adjacent to the right-of-way will range from dense buildings and streets to office and industrial development to residential backyards" (Nebraska Department of Transportation 2018)
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24 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides structure and sign repair, graffiti removal, and litter removal. Maintenance personnel perform many of these activities in constrained spaces adjacent to traffic lanes.
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State of the Practice 25 Figure 17 shows the survey responses and states with publicly available documents found through state DOT websites. Illegal or Unauthorized Use of the ROW An important issue for this project is the management of illegal or unauthorized use of the ROW.
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26 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides California and Washington have both statewide and urban specific plans. Idaho indicated they have urban specific plans.
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State of the Practice 27 required by 45% of responding states. This includes certification for pesticide and herbicide applicators.
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28 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides Reasons for the lack of available documents may be that some documents listed by state DOTs may be internal ones that are not publicly available. Other documents not listed by a state DOT may be internal to the respective division within the organization and therefore not readily used or known to other divisions.
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State Landscape Development Roadside Maintenance IVM Plan Illegal Use of ROW Worker Safety Cooperative Agreements AL SW SW SW NO SW YES AK NO NO SW NO SW NO AZ BOTH BOTH SW SW SW YES AR No documents found on state DOT website. CA BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH YES CO SW SW SW URBAN SW YES CT NO SW NO NO SW YES DE BOTH BOTH SW FL SW SW YES GA SW SW HI SW SW SW ID URBAN URBAN URBAN NO URBAN YES IL URBAN IN SW IA NO SW SW SW SW YES KS NO NO NO SW SW NO KY SW SW SW NO SW NO LA BOTH SW SW SW SW YES ME SW MA URBAN MD SW SW SW SW NO NO MI SW SW SW NO NO MN SW N SW SW NO YES MS No documents found on state DOT website.
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30 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides North Carolina The survey response for North Carolina DOT (NCDOT) stated it has documents pertaining to UFR landscape development.
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