Overview: Why You Should Consider Long-Term Roadside Management Prescriptions
When choosing a proactive roadside management program, invest in a program that is long-lasting — not short-lived. A purely mechanical mowing program can be effective, but the results are temporary. By combining mowing with an effective and selective herbicide program, you can get outcomes that last.
One of the largest disadvantages of mechanical mowing is that it allows continuous spreading of weed seeds, including many invasive, non-native weed seeds, giving them the chance to further spread and outcompete desirable roadside turf and native vegetation.
Purely mechanical approaches have higher labor and equipment costs as well as dangerous repeat cycles that increase the safety risk for vegetation management workers and motorists.
Integrating a long-term roadside program and combining both mechanical and chemical activities targets undesirable plants that pose line-of-sight and other roadside hazards. A combined program focuses on the long term to manage roadsides, not just maintain them, and limit exposure to crews on the side of the road.
The overall benefits of a combined program include:
- Cost and time efficiencies
- Reduced roadside interactions for workers
- Ease of mind
- Proactive instead of reactive
- Positive environmental impact
- Service you can rely on
