Location
STEW214AB
Session Number
117
Session Title
Roadside Seeding for Beauty and Function
Track Title
Maintenance & Operations
Event Description/Abstract
The DOTs manage a total of 17 million acres, historically planted with fescues that offer little to the environment. Maintaining these areas requires manpower, equipment, and fuel at a substantial cost, and safety is an issue with roadside maintenance. This presentation covers the whats, wheres, whys, and hows of establishing native plants on roadways. Estimated budget numbers will be provided
Roadside Seeding for Beauty and Function
STEW214AB
The DOTs manage a total of 17 million acres, historically planted with fescues that offer little to the environment. Maintaining these areas requires manpower, equipment, and fuel at a substantial cost, and safety is an issue with roadside maintenance. This presentation covers the whats, wheres, whys, and hows of establishing native plants on roadways. Estimated budget numbers will be provided
