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Lane County approves ordinance removing roadside signage requirement for targeted weed treatments
Summary
Lane County commissioners on April 22 approved Ordinance 2502, amending Lane Code Chapter 15 to remove the requirement that county crews place large roadside signs at every noxious-weed treatment location in the public right-of-way.
Lane County commissioners on April 22 approved Ordinance 2502, amending Lane Code Chapter 15 to remove the requirement that county crews place large roadside signs at every noxious-weed treatment location in the public right-of-way.
The change, adopted by a 4-0 roll call vote with Commissioner Farr excused, responds to staff concerns about the effectiveness and logistics of the signs and is intended to allow more timely, species-specific treatments of noxious weeds across Lane County’s roughly 1,400 miles of roads.
Natural resource specialist Melanie O’Hara told the board the county’s herbicide program is “limited use in nature” and does not perform broadcast roadside spraying; it focuses…
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