Site restoration - roadsides
Site restoration - roadsides
(OP)
I was just looking through the NYSDOT bid price catalog. Item 610.1601, Establishing Turf - Roadside, is $5/SY. Item 610.17, Wildflower seeding, is too new to have a bid history yet, but the item it replaced averaged $8000/acre, or under $2/SY.
Assuming the wildflowers would mmet the requirements of our SWPPP permit, is there any reason not to specify them?
I must confess that I'm motivated as much by anticipation of the look on the Deputy Commissioner's face when I suggest it as by any potential savings.
Assuming the wildflowers would mmet the requirements of our SWPPP permit, is there any reason not to specify them?
I must confess that I'm motivated as much by anticipation of the look on the Deputy Commissioner's face when I suggest it as by any potential savings.





RE: Site restoration - roadsides
RE: Site restoration - roadsides
TxDOT used to sow wildflowers on roadsides, then not mow in the spring and summer. It supposedly saved them money and generated tourism. I don't know if they still do that.
RE: Site restoration - roadsides
Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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