Integrated Roadside Management Manual
Résumé
TxDOT, as well as other public
and private agencies, needs to
occasionally update its printed
materials to make them current.
The need to update the Roadside
Vegetation Management
Manual, a publication of the
Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), can be
attributed to a better understanding
of the roadside environment. This
document is a total revision of
TxDOT Manual Notice 96-1
(March 1, 1996), which itself was
an update of the November 1993
edition. The 1996 document was
a modified version of the 1993
publication with various pages and
chapters removed, recycled and
replaced with changes.
This Roadside Vegetation
Management Manual is divided
into two components. These are
functional components and
aesthetic components. As in all
TxDOT decisions, safety is the primary concern. When no safety
concerns are present, the functional
components of the roadside
management system are high priority.
When the functional components of the
roadside management system are
satisfied, the aesthetic components are
considered. The users of Texas
highways want safe, functional and
pleasing highway rights-of-way. This
document aids TxDOT professionals
and others in maintaining roadside
vegetation.