Section 9: Roadside Maintenance Agreements
Roadside Maintenance Agreements
The department may enter into agreements with public and private partners for maintaining various roadside elements.
Landscape Maintenance Agreements
The State may engage into an agreement with a local government
to maintain all or particular landscape elements for various segments
on certain non-controlled access state highways. In some instances,
the State may elect to provide landscape improvements and the City
would take over maintenance of the landscape improvements or a City
may elect to make the improvements and maintain the landscape improvements.
Use Form 2043.
The City is responsible for all utility costs associated with
the maintenance of all landscape improvements.
Picnic Area Maintenance Agreements
The Department recognizes the need and desirability for well-maintained
picnic areas by members of the community. The Department may allow
a group to contribute to the effort of maintaining picnic areas
via a
.
The group must complete the “Picnic Area Maintenance Agreement”
(Form 2901) acknowledging the nature of the work and providing the
terms and conditions for which the group must comply. A Picnic Area
Maintenance checklist is also provided in the agreement which lists
the tasks that the group is responsible for accomplishing. If the
Department determines that the Group is not meeting the terms and
conditions of the agreement, the Department may terminate the agreement.
Under the agreement, the Department agrees to accomplish the
following:
- Erect one sign, designed by the Traffic Safety Division, at the picnic area with the group’s name or acronym displayed,
- Provide safety vests, trash bags and safety, and
- After notification from the group, remove the filled trash bags after the cleanup.