Specifications include, but are not limited to: The spraying is performed to help reduce safety hazard for pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists. Trees and brush in the right of way create obstacles to vision, and if allowed to grow large, create hazardous obstacles for errant vehicles. Spraying weeds and brush with herbicides is by far the most efficient manner of controlling the growth of noxious weeds and brush.; All herbicide applications are designed to keep roads and shoulders safe for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians, prevent root systems from damaging the roadways and to reduce sod buildup that can cause roadway flooding and icy conditions in the winter months. Weed control also reduces fires that can ignite uncontrolled vegetation and overgrowth that can cause accidents due to reduced visibility.
