The goals of roadside vegetation management include the following:

1. (1) Plant trees to enhance roadside aesthetics, maximize oxygen production and improve air quality.
2. (2) Promote the ecological integrity of the state’s natural heritage through the planting of native trees on state highway roadsides.

3. (3) Tree planting should be consistent with a vegetation management plan to:

   1. (a) Preserve and encourage the regeneration of native vegetation on roadsides.
   2. (b) Promote highway safety by establishing and maintaining clear zones that are appropriate to any given highway location.
   3. (c) Avoid interference with the visibility of legal adjacent land use.

History

History: Cr. Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95.