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I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> ! <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />'1 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> ! <br /> I <br /> <br />8. HARMONY WITH SURROUNDINGS <br />Landscape development and management will be in harmony with the existing or indigenous character of the highway's <br />natural and cultural surroundings. Continuity and positive images will be promoted statewide in conjunction with aesthetic, · <br />enviromnental and socioeconomic landscape improvements along roadsides. ............ : ......... ... <br /> <br />9. NATIVE PLANT USE <br />Where functionally appropriate, the roadside landscape will be developed and managed to promote the use and reestablish- . <br />merit of native Minnesota plant materials and their derivations to sustain biological diversity. In many applications these <br />plants may provide superior hardiness and wildlife habitat, may require less maintenance and do reflect Minnesota' s unique <br />regional characteristics and identity. ... :, .-: '.- ,~:~.~, ~: ~ ................. <br /> <br />10. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ' - <br />Strive to continuously improve processes both inside and outside of Mn/DOT... <br /> <br />PRIORITIES .... <br /> <br />A balanced approach to landscape project priorities is necessary~ Lowerpriorities must not be forgone'for the sake of higher .: :... : -_: <br />priorities. Each level of landscape project priority will receive ongoing activity proportionate to its overall importance. <br /> <br />Generally, we focus our landscaping activities where we can achieve the greatest public benefit and cost effectiveness; where <br />we can mitigate negative impacts caused by highway development; where we can minimize highway hazards, deterioration <br />and maintenance; and where we can take advantage of cooperative partnerships to achieve more results with fixed dollars, <br />while expanding the network of roadside pride and ownership. - .... ,..-: ~ . : .: . <br /> <br />Generally we do not landscape rural areas of highways, roadsides with adequate existing vegetation or roadsides where <br />volunteer vegetation can be established with ecological management. Exceptions to this include providing wildlife habitat <br />and providing mitigation for special land uses impacted by highway development. Emphasis in areas not requiring <br />landscaping, as on all Mn/DOT roadsides, should be careful management of existing and volunteer vegetation. <br /> <br />Mn/DOT will continue to landscape in the following order of priority: <br /> <br /> 1. Highway projects involving environmental, social and aesthetic miiigation or enhancement, as contal'~ed <br /> within the "Highway Project Development Process" documents. <br /> <br />Special initiatives. (Examples include the "Highway Beautification-Program 'in Minnesota," Celebrate <br />Minnesota 1990 and cooperative partnership projects.) · . . · : : - :.. ~.. ; <br /> <br />Urban and suburban/transitional freeways ............. : ........ <br /> a. Approaching and within municipalities <br /> b. Interchanges and municipal entrances or bypasses . . <br /> c. State entrances <br /> d. With special adjacent land uses or citizen concerns ......... <br /> <br />Rural freeways. <br /> a. Approaching and within municipalities <br /> b. Interchanges and municipal entrances or bypasses <br /> c. State entrances <br /> d. With special adjacent Iand uses or citizen concerns <br /> <br />Trunk highways. <br /> a. Approaching and within municipalities <br /> b. Interchanges and municipal entrances or bypasses <br /> c. State entrances <br /> d. With special adjacent land uses or citizen concerns <br /> <br /> <br />