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Improving Highway Aesthetics David Harris State Roadside Environmental Engineer North Carolina Department of Transportation

North Carolina Department of Transportation • 80,000 miles of highway • 2 nd largest in the Nation • 15,000 miles of primary • 65,000 miles of secondary

Roadside Environmental Unit • Vegetation Management • Litter Management • Rest Areas • Roadside Aesthetics • Environmental Protection • Stormwater Management

Roadside Environmental Unit • Vegetation Management • Litter Management • Rest Areas • Roadside Aesthetics • Environmental Protection • Stormwater Management

Funding Roadside Management Needs

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management • 2018 Legislation directed the Department to spend $104 Million on Roadside Management. • Secretary Trogdon gave approval to spend an additional $20 Million to help manage the roadsides

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Roadside Management

Funding Roadside Management Needs

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Funding for Vegetation Management • Enhancement • Wildflowers • Daylilies • Landscaped Assets

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Litter Management - $20 Million – FY 2019 Pounds of Litter Collected Program Pounds of Recycle Pounds of Trash Total Pounds Adopt-A-Highway 111,615.0 900,390.0 1,012,005.0 Contract Litter Removal 219,315.0 7,342,575.0 7,561,890.0 NCDOT Forces 22,215.0 673,380.0 695,595.0 Other Volunteers 3,495.0 60,510.0 64,005.0 Sponsor-A-Highway 268,965.0 118,335.0 387,300.0 Grand Total 625,605.0 9,095,190.0 9,720,795.0 4,860 Tons

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Litter Management - $20 Million – FY 2019 Program Total Pickups Total People Total Hours Adopt-A-Highway 9,260.0 50,327.0 105,987.0 Other Volunteers 182.0 1,658.0 4,747.0 Sponsor-A-Highway 4,749.0 9,444.0 9,486.0 Grand Total 14,191.0 61,429.0 120,220.0

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Litter Management - $20 Million – FY 2019 • Education Outreach Linnie Ava Oliver

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Litter Management - $20 Million – FY 2019 • Education Outreach

Solutions to Improving Highway Aesthetics • Litter Management - $20 Million – FY 2019 • Education Outreach

How can you help? • Local Meetings • Adopt-A-Highway • Sponsor-A-Highway

How can you help? • Public Presentations at local meetings • Adopt-A-Highway • Sponsor-A-Highway

How can you help? • Adopt-A Highway 4,555 Active Groups

How can you help? • Sponsor-A-Highway 655 SAH Agreements • Johnson Automotive has 531 segments sponsored

How can you help? • Recognition is appreciated

David B Harris, PE State Roadside Environmental Engineer davidharris@ncdot.gov