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Median and Right-of-Way Mowing
Private Responsibilities
State Responsibilities
Mowing of Other City Property
MEDIAN AND RIGHT-OF-WAY MOWING
The Department of Street Services is responsible for the mowing of most medians and triangles outside of the Central Business District. For visibility obstructions and other hazards to public streets, contact the City Services Dispatch at 3-1-1 when dialing from inside the city limits, or (214) 670-5111 when dialing from outside the city limits.
Medians and rights-of-way (ROW) are mowed on a two-week schedule between February and November of each year. Allowing for delays because of weather, each median and right-of-way will be mowed between 16 and 19 times during the growing season.
Median and ROW mowing consists of the following activities:
- Picking up and removing litter
- Mowing
- Edging every other mowing cycle
- Trimming around landscaping, signs, poles, etc.
- Removing grass clippings from streets, gutters, and concrete portions of medians
- Removing litter scraps unintentionally mowed
Herbiciding is done to minimize tall broad leaf weeds. Herbiciding is done on concrete medians to kill unwanted growth.
Most of the mowing of medians and ROW is privatized.
Private Responsibilities
Private property owners are responsible for maintaining and mowing parkways adjacent to city streets.
The Code Compliance Department enforces this City Code requirement.
State Responsibilities
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is responsible for maintaining and mowing the rights-of-way on all controlled access highways (e.g., I-30, I-45, I-35, I-20, North Central, I-35, S.M. Wright).
MOWING OF OTHER CITY PROPERTY
Surplus City of Dallas property, tax foreclosures and unimproved street easements are mowed during the mowing season, April through October. Floodway Management Areas are mowed twice per season where necessary and are left primarily in a natural state. For all mowing concerns involving city owned property, call the City Services Dispatch at 3-1-1 when dialing from inside the city limits, or (214) 670-5111 if dialing from outside the city limits.
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