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31 The purpose of this chapter is to further investigate and highlight specific examples of state DOT practices relating to the UFR elements that have been developed and found to be effective. The three states identified for follow-up telephone and email interviews were California, Texas, and Washington.
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32 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides Urban Integrated Vegetation Management Plans A follow-up interview with Caltrans provided some insight into implementation of some of these policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis. During the project development process, the maintenance section of the respective district is asked to review the UFR design.
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Case Examples 33 Each year, each Caltrans district does a maintenance evaluation of 20% of its roadways. After 5 years, 100% of the roadways receive a maintenance evaluation.
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34 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides Work Zone Safety for Urban Roadsides Preventing illegal occupation of the ROW while providing attractive, functional vegetated areas along the UFR presents numerous challenges. Caltrans has done tremendous work in developing policies, procedures, and training to address the issues identified with UFR.
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Case Examples 35 and access. Table 9 shows the development zone chart of the types of treatments associated with each zone.
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36 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides maintenance. TxDOT promotes the use of partner or cooperative arrangements to maximize resources and involve the community in the process.
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Case Examples 37 The 2018 Herbicide Operations Manual outlines the policies and methods used for controlling noxious and invasive weeds on the TxDOT ROW. It stipulates that an effective spraying program can reduce mowing cycles and mowing costs and improve the overall condition of the highway system.
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38 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides The most vulnerable projects are those where portions of the site are not visible from routine traffic or those with structures like bridges or culverts that provide shelter in inclement weather. The manual states that irrigation systems near these areas should not have aboveground parts and should include lockable covers on valves to discourage vandalism by persons using the water for drinking or bathing.
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Case Examples 39 governments, civic organizations or private businesses an opportunity to support the aesthetic improvement of the state highway system by donating 100% of the development, establishment, and maintenance of a landscape project on the right-of-way." However, follow-up with TxDOT revealed that training is required for cooperative agreement entities to work within the UFR. Most agreements only allow for non-freeway environments.
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40 Landscape Development and Management Practices for Urban Freeway Roadsides priorities, sensitive area locations, and other relevant information. They also include a recordkeeping system of mapping and tracking work through their Highway Activity Tracking System (HATS)
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Case Examples 41 Training for maintenance personnel covers the principles and practices of traffic control to enable a safer and more efficient operation of temporary traffic control in work zones. The training is based on the WSDOT work zone guidelines manual.
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