Section 5: Mowing and Litter Pickup

Guideline

Litter pickup operations should be conducted
before
 mowing operations.

Explanation

Mowing a littered portion of right of way would:
  • increase the risk of the mowers striking unseen objects and causing harm to people, machinery and passing traffic
  • cause shredding of large pieces of litter, resulting in more time consuming litter pickup operations
  • expose more litter to view.
alt="Adopt A Highway Program volunteers from Tyler Civitan Club. (click in image to see full-size image)"
Figure 2-14. Adopt A Highway Program volunteers from Tyler Civitan Club.