Cutting its annual mowing schedule from four to three times could save the Ohio Department of Transportation millions, according to a study by State Auditor Dave Yost.He estimates eliminating one mowing would save 7.4 million dollars a year. Transportation workers are mowing 70 thousand linear miles each year, usually making the first cut before Memorial Day or when the grass is a foot high. Yost found 10 other states get by with three mowings. The study says herbicide could be used to reduce the need for mowing.
Yost Proposes ODOT Cost Cutting Measures
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